Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Jessie, Rylie and I made some yummy salsa.







Salsa
25 cups grand tomatoes
10 medium to large onions
10 medium to large green peppers
12 Jalapenos
3-4 chili peppers (anaheim)
1 bunch cilantro chopped
1/2 c salt
1 c white vinegar
3 teaspoons chili powder
6 teaspoons oregano flakes
2 teaspoons garlic powder
3/4c sugar

Cook for 1 hour
Process for 35 minutes pint jars
or 45 minutes for quart jars




July: Pulling weeds for Aly's Williams wedding. Late post becaues of the computer problems.


My girls at work
Mitchell Williams
My dear friend Rachael
We had a ton of weeds this summer. I thought how are we going to get it all done. We work one Saturday all day. We had a swim, pizza party afterward. Then we had to hire the rest out. Wow I hope we keep up on the weeds and never have to do this again.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Carlie cheering.


Cute kids!
We went and watch Carlie cheer for Orem on Friday. Jessie and Jason came. Orem played a team from Raymond Canada. Wired. But we won. Fun night.

Avery, Boston and McCoy.





We were blessed to watch these beautiful kids while Jill and Jarom went to the temple the other night. No pictures of Avey she was busy watching a movie. So much fun. Thank Jill!

Friday, September 4, 2009

Count your many blessing!


Our water feature in the back yard.

I have had a great experience for about a month. With all the trial and hardship all around us I thought I would try and look at all the good and great things in life; to focus on my blessings. Well I have really enjoyed life a lot more lately. I am much more happy and find joy in the little things. I find that I have more faith in my God and trust in His great plan, and that it is more about God's will and not mine. I find that I smile more, hope more and enjoy more. I am truly grateful for the power of gratitude.

Going to the cabin for the weekend. Yay!!! Judy and her family will be coming! See you in a few days.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Carlie the Cheerleader and Jessie Evans the Photographer





The 11th grade cheerleaders

Jessie took pictures again this year of the Orem High cheerleaders. She does such a great job. Carlie really enjoys cheering for Orem and is have a great year. She very busy with cheering for one school and going to another. She is such a sweet, gifted, and good girls. I am very blessed to have such talented girls. To see more of Jessie's work check out her blog here.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Busy and wonderful summer!


Geoff comes home in 4 weeks! We all miss him so much. What a great blessing Geoff is in our family.
Carlie went to Cheer camp and OHS did great. A lot of first place awards!
More of cheer camp. Carlie is a cute cheerleader.
Swim party. My girls are blessed with the best of friends!
More cheer stuff

Rylie got her bottom braces.
Girls trip to our cabin. Each Aug my sisters and I take our girls on a girls trip. This year we went to our cabin. The cousins love it.
My cute niece Cami.
Our favorite pizza place in Ephraim.

On our trips we always do baptism in the Temple. So blessed that all these girls can go to the Temple.
Me and my beautiful sisters. Sisters are the BEST!
Making hair bows and Jewelry at the cabin.
Our cute girls.
My girls. We went to lunch for Jessie's birthday.

Tyson Gray getting ready for his mission.
Pulling weeds. Yes we had a ton!


More pulling weeds.
Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house.
More Sewing.

We had a great summer. I feel the blessings of the Lord in my life. I have the most amazing husband and great children, the best sisters in the world and a great family. We must always count our blessing and know that God love us and is aware of us.

I also went to BYU Education week and love it Jessie went with me, and Carlie and Rylie also went and enjoyed the youth classes and the dance. President Packer spoke at the Devotional. He spoke on "The family is under attack." " The adversary is about," he said " His objective is to cause injury to the family. If he can weaken or destroy the family, he will have succeeded. He also said " The hope is that Latter-day saints will recognize the trascendent importance of the family and live in such a spiritually attentive way that the adversary cannot steal into the home and carry away the children. We find safety and security for ourselves and our children by honoring the covenants we have made and living up to the ordinary acts of obedience required of the followers of Chirst.