Canning

While I was home for a few weeks last month, my mom got me this great pressure cooker from the D.I. Since I have been home I have bottled two batches of my very own, home grown, beans. It feels so good to begin becoming self-reliant. Thanks mom for the cooker and for all the help along the way!

Laurel and Dane's Wedding

Laurel and Dane were married July 27, 2007 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

Eliza and Liesel were flower girls with their cousins.

The Ladies.
The men giving Dane a high five.
Laurel's brothers Daniel and Andrew giving her a kiss.
Laurel and Dane we are so happy for you. We hope your life together is bliss!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

My sisters Jessica and Heather and I went to the midnight party at Barnes and Noble for the release of the seventh and finally book in the Harry Potter series. Check out our cool glasses. It was really fun to be together with my sisters. Although I am still only halfway through the book, staying up that late was still worth it.

Family Reuion

We had so much fun at the second ever

Family Reunion in July.

Some of our favorite activities included:


Visiting the Twin Falls LDS Temple site.



Swimming with the cousins.
Sunbathing with the aunts.

Family Photo Shoot.

Wheelbarrow rides with Grandpa.

The football pinata.

Story time with Grandma.

And of course, the fireworks.

We loved seeing all of the family. Thanks to everyone for all the effort and fun.

We can't wait for 2009!

Out the window

I don't know why, but the girls love to look out our front window. They will stand there just watching the cars go by or spotting a dog on an afternoon walk or the neighbor kids riding their bikes up and down the street.

I love this time too. It means I get a few minutes to do the dishes or start dinner or sit and relax without having to hold someone.

Usually it isn't long before one of them pushes the other out of the way or wrestles the other to the ground. It usually ends in tears.

But the few minutes of peace that it brings is a little taste of heaven.

Happy Independence Day!

Our day was fantastic. It started of with watering the garden and quickly turned into a water fight between Eliza and the hose. She was drenched from head to toe by the end but loved every minute of it.

We went swimming after Liesel's nap and that was a blast. Liesel is quite the swimmer and probably would have loved to stay another hour. Eliza did actually get in the water this time which was a huge improvement from our last visit. She is starting to see the fun it can be.

Later in the day we went to the Egbert's for a BBQ. The food was great. Liesel probably ate more than I did and Eliza carried her root beer glass around the whole time. She finally figure out if she would stand at the jug long enough, someone would come fill up her glass again.

















The evening ended with sparklers! The kids loved them so much that we couldn't light them fast enough. They didn't even care that it was still light out.

It was a great day. Happy Birthday America!