Motorcycle accident and Swimming lessons

Yesterday Keith got hit while riding his motorcycle. He was on his way home from work and was on one of the main roads here in Clinton. He was stopped at a light and the cars in front of him started going and then stopped suddenly. He started going with them, and then stopped. The car behind him didn't see everyone stop and he rear-ended Keith. Keith said it was all a very surreal experience. While he was flying through the air he was thinking "What is going on? Did someone pull me off of the bike?" If you are going to get hit while riding a motorcycle, conditions couldn't have been better. (although we don't recommend getting hit) They were only going 5-10 miles an hour. Keith had his helmet and his nifty armor riding jacket on. Because of those things, he wasn't hurt badly. He did decide to go to the hospital because his hand was hurting. He ended up with a sprained wrist and some bruises. We are so grateful for our neighbors!! Again, more and more blessings. One neighbor sent their son over to watch the kids so I could go to the hospital. This babysitter got the kids dinner and got them all in pajamas and got them to bed for us. I was so grateful. Thanks Jake!! The other 2 neighbors went and got Keiths bike for us while we were at the hospital. It was so very nice to come home and not have to worry about getting the bike. Thank you Curt and Dave!! We feel so blessed. Things could have been so much worse, and our neighbors really are the angels among us. After all of that rambling, all I have to say is "WEAR YOUR HELMET!".









Things have been so busy for us. When Im doing swimming lessons, not much else gets done. When Im going canning, not much else gets done. Since I did those things back to back, you can imagine how behind things are now! The kids sure do love their swimming lessons though. Here are some pictures of my little fish.

Solar Oven

We (meaning Keith) made a solar oven. We have wanted to try this for a few months now and finally got the time to work on this project. Now, we are going to work on learning all we can about how to cook in the oven. (not that we don't have a million other things to research and learn....) We also conducted a little science experiment and used our neighbors solar oven to compare how our homemade one would work. Keith is going to make a couple modifications, but all in all, things worked pretty well.




We wanted to try something "easy" for our first try. We also thought that if we tried the little muffin tins, the food would cook faster since it wasn't that deep or thick to cook through. Well, what would be better than brownies?





These will now go down in our family history as "solar brownies". The kids loved them. I have to admit, if you like brownies with a little hint of paint... these were exactly what you would love. This is a picture of Sariah begging for "solar brownies". The paint can't hurt her.... right? I like the fact that if the sky comes crashing down and we actually have to use the solar oven, I can still have chocolate.