Many of the recipes were favorites from helping my mom can when I was young, and a couple just sounded too good not to try! In all, I canned 16 quarts, 39 pints, 22 half-pints, and five jelly jars. Click on the name below to view the recipes I used:
Monday, September 7, 2015
September Adventures: Canning Marathon
I have always loved canning, but seldom find the time. This holiday weekend, I had an open calendar, so after making a trip to a couple of local farm stands and harvesting the crop from our garden, I set about on a canning marathon!
Monday, July 20, 2015
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
March Adventures & Project Life
I recently learned about an amazing archiving company called Project Life. I have always loved scrapbooking, but found it difficult to keep all of the supplies organized and find the time to sit down and actually create the pages. In recent years, this blog has been my method for preserving memories. However, I have concerns regarding the fact that all of the memories are preserved electronically. There is just something special about being able to flip through the pages of a photo album and share memories with others.
With Project Life, those concerns have been resolved. The Project Life app allows me to scrapbook and create beautiful pages using my iPhone. I can literally scrapbook from anywhere which is extremely convenient for my busy schedule! Once the pages are created, I can share them with friends and family electronically and print the pages for our family album. It is truly the best of both worlds for me!
Let me know if you would like to learn more about Project Life!
Let me know if you would like to learn more about Project Life!
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Proud Mom Moments
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| This is one of my all-time favorite photos of Matthew and Peter. Summer of 2006 - Do they remind you of anyone? |
Despite their successes, I am not great at giving out compliments. It is something I need to work on so the boys know how proud we are of them. This week, I was reminded of how lucky we are to have such fantastic children.
On Monday night, I received the following text from a friend:
"Just bragging on your Peter. He is so sweet to Rocco at wrestling. Rocco totally looks up to him! Good job raising that one Mama!"
Less than an hour later, a different friend posted a video of Peter helping a classmate at wrestling practice with this comment:
"Your son is soo good with helping other kids. He takes the time to show them how to do the moves that they don't know. Such a big heart."
On Wednesday, I received the following email from one of Matthew's teachers:
"What a great kid! I have been promoting the "Zumbathon" to help out the Reed family. Today before class, Matthew walked up to me with $9 of his own. I asked him what it was for. His response, "I am not going to make it, but want to donate money." WOW!! WOW!! No other teenager would think of doing something so selfless."
Each of these comments made my heart burst with pride! We truly have amazing sons!
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Each year, we try to attend the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet. It is always a fun time and supports a good cause, as it raises money for elk preservation. This year, the banquet happened to fall on Valentine's Day, so our romantic evening was spent playing games, bidding on items, and enjoying a delicious prime rib dinner. We shared a table with my Dad, Jana, Tiffany and Chad. Matthew and Peter also went with us. The banquet appeared to be very successful, as there did not seem to be an empty seat in the place. While we did not win any of the drawings, we did purchase a set of three RMEF duffle bags in the live auction. As always, we had a lot of fun and saw many friends at the banquet!
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| Happy Valentine's Day! |
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| These two are quite the pair! |
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| Peter won a set of knives! |
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| Matthew participating in the youth gun drawing. |
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| It was a big night for Tiffany and Chad. It was their first night out without MacKenzie. |
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| Love her! |
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| Dad and Jana |
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| The table decorations and RMEF swag were very nice! |
Sunday, February 15, 2015
The Feeding Crew
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| William, Toby, and Joseph |
This time of year, Toby is extremely busy with the cattle. On a normal year, he will trail all of the cows home in December or January and feed the 900+ cows hay until March. This requires hours of transporting hay on pickups to three or four different locations on the ranch. Now that Matthew and Peter are older, they wake up early and help feed each weekend. They help drive pick-ups to the different feed locations, which significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to feed.
Recently, William and Joseph have joined the feeding crew. They get so excited for the weekend because they love helping Toby and seeing all of the baby calves. We are right in the middle of calving, so each morning there are at least 10 new calves born! This morning, I decided to join the crew. We took two pickup loads to one location, two loads to a second feed ground, three loads to a third feed ground, and one pickup load to the last location. It is always so much fun watching the new babies jump, run, and play in the sunshine. It was even more enjoyable to see the delight in all four boys' eyes as they helped on the ranch.
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| Meet Stickers. He is almost 20 years old! He has been on the ranch longer than I have! |
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| Yum, Yum, Yum |
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| Top feeding dog Daisy. |
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| Newborn calf. Probably a day old. |
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Sunday Funday
Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It is the only day we don't have meetings, practices, games, or other activities. As a result, it is typically the only day of the week we can stay home and enjoy time as a family. Last Sunday was no exception, and the unseasonably high temperatures allowed us to spend much of the day outside!
The boys were extremely busy. They built fences.
Played with the dogs and cats.
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