Busy, Busy Week!!

This has been such an insane week!

We have had so much going on and so much to share; so here goes!

Tuesday:

Avery finally turned 5! She has been waiting forever! She has been counting down the days since July! We aren't having her party until this coming Saturday but I still wanted to celebrate it and acknowledge it! So I took her to the mall ( her fave place to shop!) to get her ears pierced and to do a little shopping. I was so worried that she would freak out but she did so well! The only thing she said was, "Ouch!". She whimpered a little and then she was ready to go shopping! I guess she is truly a girlie girl; shopping fixes anything! We had fun shopping and I as so proud when she decided to use the money she got as a gift from her Grandma Great Gale on books! A girl after my own heart! She loves to read! She isn't even in kindergarten yet and is reading @ a 1st grade level! Hey, I'm the Mom, I get to brag! Afterwards, we met my cousins and let the kids run around @ Mickey D's. We had Pack mtg for Cub Scouts; so she got to play @ Grandma Dianne's. That night we were supposed to have my famous lasagna bake but I forgot to get the meat out of the freezer so we had KFC! Oh well! She didn't care! For dessert I made mini cheesecakes for everyone! Yum-o! She is very excited about her party and can't wait to "be in charge"! Gotta love her!

Wednesday-Friday

For 3 days straight my Mom, Grandma Clark & I were bottling maniacs!

We bottled:

26 pints of salsa

18 quarts of pears

6 pints of strawberry raspberry pear jam

9 pints of strawberry blueberry pear jam

3 quarts of applesauce

12 pints of applesauce

6 pints of apple butter

I was impressed w/ the work we got done working together!

I am SO very excited to add these to the quarts of peaches and peach freezer jam we made in August! This winter we are going to be eating good! LOL!

Thanks Mom and Grandma for sharing your knowledge w/ me!

We hope to do a lot of baking later this month and into November!

I love Harvest Time!