Jumping at Grandpa & Grandma's!
Friday, March 13th
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Ridin' at Grandpa's
Landon decided he wanted to go help his Dad move the cows last weekend. In order to do that he needed to exercise his horse a little. We went to Great Grandpa's last Thursday and he rode Rocky around a little. I think they drove the Golf Cart more than they rode the horse!
40 LBS of Chicken!
All of the sudden I have had a very strong impression to get my food storage in order. I am not sure if it is the economy that has finally pushed me over the edge or if I am just finally listening to the Prophets council. I have been looking at a wonderful blog everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com and this website theideadoor.com. It really has inspired me, I realized food storage does not have to be as expensive and complicated as I am making it. Then last week Lin's came out with a one day meat sale where boneless skinless chicken was on sale for $1.29 lbs. It was a total smoking deal, so I knew it was time to bottle chicken!
I borrowed a neighbors pressure canner (I wasn't quite ready to take the complete plunge, I thought I better do it once before going out and buying a $200 canner!) and planned on going to Lin's first thing the next morning to buy my chicken. Well, here is where my plan changed, Addie got croup (Satan working against my food storage plan) she was up all night with that awful seal like cough. I didn't end up making it to Lin's in time for the chicken, it was gone pretty quick. Then Gavin swooped in and saved me, (thank you Sysco!) he ordered me chicken tenders (40 LBS of it) that were more money, but totally worth it. When I started bottling all I had to do was slip those tenders in the bottles, add a little salt and then pressure can it. It took me two days of cooking, but I now have 28 bottles of chicken! I will totally do it again, it really was not hard at all.
The picture above (Hawaiian Haystack's) was the first meal that I made with the chicken. From start to finish this meal took me a total of 20 minutes and that was just because I had to cook the rice. Having bottled chicken in my pantry is now a MUST!
Kindergarten Champs!
Basketball season has come to a close. It was a lot of fun. I think every boy improved from the first game to the last. Gavin enjoyed being their coach and I think the boys had fun too! Landon LOVES basketball, during the season their wasn't a day that went by that he wasn't outside shooting at least a couple baskets. He and his dad worked really hard to improve his game, and I watched it work! He is a super little basketball player, but an even better little boy! Landon, I love you more than you can even imagine.
What a good bunch of boys! Aren't they all so dang cute!?
The Undefeated Jazz!
We had a party at Parker's home after the last game, the boys thought they were pretty cool to be able to go swimming in the hot tub with their basketball shorts on! Notice Bo and Pres, they were the "Asst. Coaches" so they had to swim too! It was a great night. YUMMY Coconut Milk! ;o)
It seems like every time we have been to Lin's lately Preston has wanted to buy a coconut. He saw a cartoon on TV where they stuck a straw in the coconut and drank the milk, he thought it would be really tasty. I finally caved and bought one just so I wouldn't have to hear about how yummy coconut milk was. We waited until his Dad got home to drill a hole in it then we poured a little into a cup, to his surprise it didn't taste the best! He spit it right back out. Then he wanted to save some so Landon could taste it when he got home from school... He didn't like it either. :) I am glad we won't have to be buying these anymore, they are probably my least favorite fruit!
Dr. Seuss Day
Preston had Dr. Seuss Day at Preschool. He loved wearing his hat. I think the pink kool-aid mustache helps add to the ensemble! Landon had Dr. Seuss Day at Kindergarten also, but I forgot to take a picture. I know, I have been slacking lately! :)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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