A little of this.... A little of that......

I cleaned off the camera card to my little camera, so this post is going to serve as a catch up for September.  Our church had a fun barbecue at Sugar-house Park.  The kids enjoyed playing in the stream and eating free snow cones.  Alex wore longer shorts (Doug calls them man capris), which didn't work with the water so Nadya improvised and tied them up with elastics.  She is so resourceful!  Needless to say, it didn't help much.  Alex's shorts were still drenched!

The kids played hard!  In fact they were dead tired that night!

Alex snuck in and slept on Carter's floor.

We have been productive around the house lately.

After six years (yes, six years!)  the front door is finally painted!  

We are still getting use to it, but I like it.  

I have enough paint to paint the other two outside doors.

Humm????  I wonder how many years it will take me to do those?  

Doug also built nesting boxes for the hens, (no eggs yet) fixed the boat, cleaned up the garden, and 

cleaned out the storage under the patio.  Phew.........I hate all these projects and we still have a list about ten items long  lingering on the fridge!  It is suppose to serve as

a motivator, and I guess in some ways it is. 

We have been wanting beanbags for the basement toyroom/pool table room and were able

to pick up two lovesac bean bags for a steal!  Originally, they were listed on Craig's list, but these particular bean bags came up casually in a conversation at church.  Sold, sold, sold........  

The kids love them!!!! The colors are perfect, and they look brand new, but I must admit they are bigger than I anticipated.

We picked a bushel of tomatoes from our garden and made 37 pints of salsa with Aunt Tracey.

This was the first time the girls had canned and they loved it! Hallie quickly became an expert

on hot peppers and jalapenos and Nadya cut up the garlic and green peppers.  They both peeled and squished tomatoes, their favorite part.  I am pretty sure Aunt Tracey will be wiping tomato juice from her cupboards for weeks! 

We plan to can peaches this weekend. Nadya is besides herself with joy!  Who knew canning food could be so entertaining to 11 year old girls?????