Holidays - Christmas

Christmas was fun, fun, fun. Having little kids really makes the holiday magical.
We enjoyed family, friends and snow. Hunter has been wondering lately what Santa will bring him next Christmas.


Abby won first prize in the "kids 11 and younger" category with her eggnog pie at our ward Christmas party dessert contest. She is becoming a great help in the kitchen.

Every year we decorate gingerbread houses. Abby and her friend actually did more than just eat candy.

Christmas time and the new year is always a good time for me to reflect on my many blessings. I have an abundance of them and look forward to making new memories this new year.

Holidays- Halloween and Thanksgiving

Well the fall holidays were fun and kept us busy. Halloween was warm and the kids got lots of candy to share with mom and dad.

We carved pumpkins we grew in our own garden. The kids draw the face and Cline cuts and cuts.

Malia's kindergarten class had a feast for Thanksgiving and as a family we feasted in Washington with my whole family in attendance. It was wonderful.

Harvest Time

The weather has turned cold and our garden as withered now. But we had a great season and were blessed with much abundance. These tomato and pepper plants are just a couple of the many we grew. Cline hung them in the garage on some elk antlers to see if the remaining veggies will ripen. We will see...

We had over 150 pumpkins this year. Most of them the small baby kind that our kids love. We took some dried corn and decorated the porch. The kids kept asking when we were going to carve pumpkins for Halloween.

I was very proud of the size of our peppers and have been busy freezing and canning our corn, beans, peppers, carrots, and tomatoes.

We also had lots and lots of fruit this year. This picture is of the peaches we had from one tree, there were 13 boxes total!!!! It was very satisfying to see the fruit all bottled up and on our storage room shelves. I do have to admit that I did give quite a few boxes of fruit away to family and friends. We also had nectarines, apples, pears, and plums.
This was a year of bounty, we feel blessed and will enjoy fruit and veggies all winter long.