Tender Heart

Saturday, Eli came upstairs and was asking Sandy something. He noticed a tear on her cheek and asked her about it. She told us about a commercial she saw on TV about all these animals that need homes and it made her so sad she started to cry. She's got such a tender heart, especially when it comes to animals. It was also such a sweet moment for Sandy and me to, once again, be reminded of her kindness and love when she tried so hard to persuade us to help all those animals. On several other occasions she's tried very hard to convince us to help the poor children in the world by adopting all of them. What a little sweetheart she is!

Today, thanks to her teacher's request, I had the opportunity to go in to her school to help her class out with their reading. I get to do that once a week now-that is seriously fun! I really enjoyed getting to see her in her classroom setting. This also helps me get to know more of the kids in her class, which is an added bonus. She seemed pretty darn excited to have me there, too. I'll enjoy that while I can.

Borderline Garfield?

The girls got a cat from Grandpa and Grandma Moser this summer. It's one Livi has loved since he was a kitten, affectionately dubbing him "My baby" for about a year. He's now "Puppers" because they think his ears look like puppy ears. He's a great cat to have around and he puts up with a lot! When Sandy irrigates the portion of pasture closest to our house we use gated pipe*. And that's where you'll find Puppers-sitting on the pipe, fishing. He's learned that little fish end up in the pipe and, eventually, they make their way out of the holes. He's either borderline Garfield lazy or pretty darn smart.

*gated pipe is a method used to irrigate; to keep it simple, imagine a long pipe with holes spaced all along it that can be opened and closed to regulate water flow.

Grandpa's Birthday

The kids and I spent the weekend at my parent's house to celebrate my dad's birthday (and the completion of his big summer project, the patio). Sandy and Becca both had to work and, of course, we missed the Johnson's, too, but we know how that whole pesky distance thing goes. Anyways, it was a great weekend, sprinkled here and there with General Conference, kittens, cousins, and other such fun.

Can Can

I've felt pretty darn productive lately. My friend brought over some peaches. Lots of peaches. More than we could ever hope to eat before they spoiled. So my mom, dad and grandma came for a day and I learned to can. Now, I know I can can. We also did some freezer batches and even did some freezer corn and some zucchini. My grandma taught me how to make peach pit jelly, too. It was a very good day.
If that wasn't enough, my friend brought over more peaches a few days later, lol! I've had a song in my head ever since this all started...I'm sure a select few can guess (Movin to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches....millions of peaches, peaches for me...if you have no idea what I'm talking about and want in on the weirdness go here) So I canned and froze more peaches. And will be making more jelly. I love harvest time! We're looking forward to picking our pumpkins from the garden to carve for Halloween (and the girls already have their costumes picked out and a party in planning). We're having SO much fun!!