Canning

I've been on a bit of a canning kick the last few weeks. After coming home from Memorial day, I made rhubarb jelly out of some rhubarb my friend gave me. It turned out really good, and everyone seems to like it. And last week, some of the stores had some killer sales on produce. So I bought 2 big bags of apples and made caramel apple jelly, and cut up and jarred 4 pineapples. I make everything in small batches because I don't want it to sit too long and go bad before we can use it. But I have a feeling everything I've made will be gone pretty quick. I want to continue doing small batches like this of assorted things each week during the summer. I'm having fun doing it, and my pantry is starting to look super pretty :)

Deadwood Reservoir

Last weekend, we went camping up at Deadwood Reservoir. The road to get up there was pretty sketchy, and it took us about 4 hours, but once we got there it was beautiful. There were not very many other people up there, so we had a whole campground to ourselves, right on the lake. The boys had so much fun starting and tending a campfire, and Brinley ate as many marshmallows as she could steal. Saturday the kids decided to go swimming in the afternoon. They had so much fun and were in the water for 5 or 6 hours. It was a nice weekend, and a great spot. 

 

 

Tristan sleeping on the way down, with goggles on and his head out the window

Bowling

I signed our family up for a bowling program this summer. It gets each of us 2 free games of bowling per day, and it was super cheap for us to do. It's nice that it's something the kids all enjoy, and it's really close to the house. So today, Cahl was working from home, and we decided to go bowling. We all had a good time, and as usual I got my butt kicked by everyone. But they love it, and I don't mind a bit.

Staples

Today was an exciting day. Jasen decided to kick off  his summer break by getting staples in the back of his head. Him and Tristan were at the neighborhood pool with their friends, and while they were playing and pushing each other in, Jasen got pushed in and hit his head on the side of the pool. So I got a call from Tristan, and their friends' dad, saying that Jasen hit his head and was bleeding and might need to go in for stitches. So we took him in,  and sure enough he needed to be put back together. 6 staples later and an ice cream cone later, he was on his way home. He's been a trooped about it, no crying or complaining at all. And luckily the staples only have to stay in for a week, so it won't disrupt his vacation too much.

The Big 10

This year was Jasen's 10th birthday. He had a low key family day, with mush for breakfast followed by presents, then spent the day playing his new video games before his special dinner of bacon wrapped steaks, sausage, Caesar salad and s'more pie. He's super happy to finally be in the double digits, and he had a great day.