Summertime!

In addition to our trip to Safford, and our trip to Sprucedale next week,
Here are a few of our other summer activities.

It was this hot in the shade on my mom's porch in July, so we spent a good amount of time swimming with family and friends either at my parent's house, or Brimhall pool.

And, a little light saber action!

Ward Water Party
Our ward has a traditional water party in our neighborhood park each year. Several families throw their hoses over the wall, and they rent bounce houses and slides and have a big BBQ. The kids all had fun soaking each other. It was lots of fun.





Canning Applesauce

Our poor little apple tree in our front yard (strange place for an apple tree if you ask me) was just FULL of apples. The branches were getting so heavy, one finally broke. Many of them were small, but they were starting to fall off the tree and make a mess all over the drive way and sidewalk. So for FHE one night, we decided to pick the apples for canning. We filled an entire box of good apples, and 1/2 of another box of bad apples! Later that week, Mindy came over with her canning expertise and equipment and we spent the day canning applesauce. We ended up with 6 quarts and 12 pints of yummy homemade applesauce! Not bad for free apples!!

We also have this pear tree in our front yard, but we didn't realize the water was shut off to it when we first moved in. It's been growing nicely since we turned the water back on to it,

but the pears are still very small and hard.

Maybe next year we'll be able to make some yummy pear sauce too!