I'm Still Pregnant

In case you were wondering.

Someone (you know who you are) has been asking to see a belly photo. So here it is.

Racing

Clearly I'm way behind in my blogging. I'll be sorting through all my Christmas pictures as I get time. Until the next post, I leave you with this picture of Abby and Deke racing. I'll give you two guesses who won...

Christmas in Utah

In early December Abby and I went to Utah for a week to visit my mom and grandparents. My visit fortunately overlapped with a visit from my sis, so I got to see the whole fam damily! Here are a few pictures.

Drawing pictures with grandma Messy.

Hanging out with Deke.

Loving Olivia.



Just for old-times sake.

I tried to get a picture with grandma and the great grandparents, but alas, nobody was cooperating. Except grandma Messy. Oh well, at least they're all in the picture!

First Snow!

It finally snowed here! It's all melted now, but it was fun while it lasted.

First you get some snow,

then you taste it,

then you build a snowman.

Full snow gear.

Just a pretty picture.

Abby, Uncut

This is long. But if you're really into Abby, like I am, it's worth the watch! What a crazy, silly girl we have.

More Grandma + Park = FUN

Different Grandma, different park, same amount of fun.

Canning Applesauce

When my mom visited a few weeks ago she generously devoted an entire day to helping Alex and I can applesauce and make apple butter. We put up 26 jars. That's about 1/8 of the amount that our family used to do!

Here's my picture tutorial of how to can applesauce.

First you core the apples. (Yes, Alex is wearing a latex glove)

Then you cook them.

Then you mash them up.

Then you stir it all together. Preferably while naked.

Then you taste it.

Then you put it in jars and cook it.

Then you make apple crisp with the leftovers!

P.S. If you want to borrow a naked Abby for your next batch of applesauce, I'm sure she'd gladly agree to help!