I always laughed at people who said they lost their camera cords...well I sorta miss placed mine for a little while and I am so sorry for my negative thoughts towards all you nameless people! Since I finally came across it, here is an overload of random updates!
This adorable couple got married! This is Phil's little sister Malissa and her new husband Greg! Cool fact...they are both twins!
We went camping with some good friends over Labor Day weekend and thoroughly enjoyed the mountains and great company (no pictures)! Cool fact...Shelby LOVES to go camping!
We finished a simple but VERY long overdue project in our room! Cool fact...my friend Jill rocks vinyl hard core!
My grandma (Nanny) and aunt (Falene) came to visit for a few days! Falene made us a yummy frittata from our garden and Nanny spoiled me with this birthday present! She is always fostering my love for reading but she shouldn't be tempting me during a school semester! Cool fact...it has my pioneer ancestors in it!
The day after said family left we finally broke down and checked out the leak we had been hearing for a while. Needless to say here is the proof that it was a HUGE project and we had no water for days! I am blessed to have a hubby who can fix whatever problem comes our way (although plumbing is his least favorite)! True fact...this had nothing to do with THIS incident.
Thanks to my "mock" mommy next door I learned how to can! Phillip and I ended up canning 21 jars of pears, 5 jars of pear sauce w/ cinnamon (like applesauce), 32 jars of peaches, and 2 jars of salsa! Cool fact...my husband remembered to document this moment (although his photography skills need a little practice - sorry it's so blurry).
Phillip and Shelby like to go running every morning and on this particularly hectic day they went somewhere new and he lost his cell phone and Shelby thought rolling in cow poop would be awesome! Here's Phil's solution to cleaning up the yucky situation - but it was probably just an excuse to play with Shelby! Cool fact...an honest person with a 3 legged boxer found his phone!
Relief Society was a success! Our theme was "Stretch You Dollar" hence the reason I busted out our play money from Monopoly to make money tree center pieces! We had a great turn out and lots of awesome ideas on how to save money! Cool fact...having homemade Cafe Rio was hit!
Cool fact...we have Halloween decor up already!
We had two super fun couples from our ward over for Sunday dinner, then while the men were at a stake priesthood meeting the girls congregated at the Holmgren's house and when the men got back we all sat on the floor and had caramel popcorn and laughed and talked! Cool fact...Mindi makes the BEST caramel popcorn!
We found this little dude while mowing the lawn and weeding. Cool fact...we safely deposited him elsewhere.
P.S. It's pretty much autumn! The leaves on our trees are changing and we have had to cover our tomatoes at night because it's been at or under 32 degrees!
