Sick and Tired

Today, as I sit here, I'm home in my bed sick. Yuk! I've been sick for a month now and it's just not getting any better. So I finally broke down and went to the doctor who loaded me up with a bunch of drugs and I'm feeling better already. It's nice to have a day off of work and relax. So since I have some time on my hands I thought I'd catch up on some blogging that I've been meaning to do for a while now. We've been really busy around our house...but busy is good right?

My little brother was in town the other weekend from Texas. It was so good to see him, his wife and his darling little kids. We had fun catching up and laughing lots. We spent some time at the cabin to celebrate his birthday and listen to conference. I can't believe how big his kids are getting and how much I miss him being around!


I wish this picture turned out better! Here's Matt with his kids who love and adore him.


Stephen's catching a quick hug from little Preston!

One last chance

So it's taken me a while to get around to blogging about this, but I thought I'd still include it. Over Labor Day weekend, Stephen was able to have one last chance to go flying. His pilot's license expires in a couple of months and to keep current he has to spend so many hours flying a plane. Well, with going back to school and having our monthly income cut in half we no longer have the budget to support this expensive hobby. Flying is such a passion of his and he is like a little kid when he get behind the plane. It's so fun to see him so excited! This time he took his brother James and I to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Well, you might be asking yourself what's in Fort Bridger? Answer: nothing....it was just a place to go, land and walk around for a bit before heading back home. However, we did meet a nice cowboy looking man at the airport. He was the only sign of life for miles around. :) It was a beautiful flight flying over the Uninta mountains and seeing all the glacier lakes. It was quite the view. Of course we took tons of pictures, but here's just a few of the best ones!

A great view of the lakes from the air!


Brothers flying up in front.


Our stop at Fort Bridger.

Salsa Salsa Salsa

Every September the past 3 years my mom and sister Allison have taken the goods from our garden's and combined them together and had a Salsa making day! We get into it good and are chopping and dicing all sorts of things. It's kind of funny because we just make it to taste and use the recipe as just a basic guideline. It turns out differently each year, but I would have to agree that it gets better and better each time. I love hanging out with my mom and sister and love learning how to make salsa. I think I could do it on my own, but it's so much more fun with them around to laugh with. This year we had lots of tomatoes and peppers. I think we set a record and did 4 different batches which made over 70 jars of salsa. That's a lot of salsa to eat!



Yep..It's pretty much a staple food at our house!