Today's accomplishments - Venison and canning pears

Yesterday I went home teaching with Matt to the Buckner family. Brother Buckner recently got back from hunting and brought home the meat of a deer he had shot. His wife wasn't one bit interested in the meat, so they handed us a bag with 3 venison roasts. I was a little apprehensive about trying in but I thought I would give it a shot. So today I put one in the crock pot to roast all day and we made quesadillas with it. We all really enjoyed it.

Then Matt and I bottled 14 quarts of pears. Now I am exhausted and am going to bed.

Angelique's Birthday Party

After the baptism, we went back to our house. We picked up a some Papa Murphy's pizzas (the take home and bake kind). After dinner she we had cheese cake and Angelique opened her presents. Yes, we did get her a cake. She specifically asked for a cheese cake for her 8th birthday. I complied. I even actually had a piece even though I haven't eaten a dessert in I don't know how many months.

Angelique's Baptism Sept 27th 2008

Saturday was Angelique's birthday. It worked out to have her baptism on her birthday. It was the one day that my parents were going to be here as they are spending the next two week in the SLC area. We had my dad give the talk on baptism and Matt's mom Cynthia give that talk on the Holy Ghost. Matt's two brothers and two sisters that live here locally were able to come too. Granda Nora came too with Aunt Carolyn one of her daughters. We had a nice crowd and the meeting was lovely.

My date with Matt going 4-wheeling

Friday, Matt and I drove out to his mom's house to get a bed of ours that we have been storing there. While we were there we went 4 wheeling back up the canyon. Matt wanted to take a few pics of me for my blog. We set the timer to get some of the both of us, but for some reason it didn't work. Candy watched our little kids while the others were at school. That evening we returned the favor and watched her kids while they went on a date. Matt here. Amy didn't want to brag but she has been working really hard and has dropped all of her excess weight to reach her goal. Those Wranglers she is wearing (and looking great in!) are the pair she bought when we were dating over 12 years ago! Not bad for a mother of 6!

Safia's latest mischief

One day a couple of weeks ago while I was working in the kitchen, I decided I needed to look for Safia to see what she was up to. She had gotten into the dry erase markers and marked up my filing cabinet and my night stand drawer that Matt made for me. Dry erase marker does not come off with alcohol or anything else I tried. But I do have to compliment her by saying that she is 3 1/3 years old and she can write her name.

Going to the stake conference evening adult session had consequences

Last night we left the kids home alone, being that I now have 2 legal babysitters, and went to the adult session of our stake conference. It was a nice meeting. Then we went back home. We soon discovered that Jaren and Safia were playing with matches in Jaren's room on his mattress. He was lighting matches when one got too hot and dropped it on his mattress. It burned through his sheet and was burning a hole in his mattress when Talon and Jileigh came in a put it out. As a mother my mind went crazy with "what if"s. We were lucky, or I should say blessed, that it wasn't worse.

Actually, Friday night and Saturday I was sick with the stomach flu. I didn't ever throw up, but I was in serious abdominal pain. I didn't eat anything all day but a vitamin/protein shake. I just hope my kids don't get this sickness.

Labor Day Fun, Sept 1, 2008

Today the kids had off being Labor Day so the spent the morning and early afternoon in the garage playing. They made a "hotel" and a "restaurant." I cleaned my kitchen then made bread. I took some slices out to them for their restaurant. Matt worked on a side job until 3pm and then came home. Then we all got to work on canning peaches. While the last batch of peaches was processing, Matt made a homemade fresh peach cobbler. It was so delicious. He made the cake part with ground mixed grains and just a little raw sugar. It was very tasty! By 9 pm, the peaches were done and they all sealed! Yea!!