Cowgirl Up!!!

Aspen has been trying on everyone's shoes lately. This was her most ambitious choice.

She has also learned the proper technique for eating spaghetti noodles.

Look! I made this!

It was a really rainy/snowy day on Saturday and I decided to get my nesting on and I made this car seat canopy/cover. It was really fun and I'm excited about how it turned out. I'm enjoying my sewing machine from my mother-in-law! It's so great to not have to spend $40 for something like this and to have it exactly they way you want it. And I never thought I would be the kind of person to be able to do stuff like this but it's been really fun to try it out. 

Here are my special ruffly edges that took a loong time to make. But it's so cute right?

Our baby girl will be safe from the elements! (And in style too!)

Just FYI: I used this tutorial and made some minor changes to suit my tastes, but in general I just followed the instructions and I was happy with how it turned out. They do a great job of explaining!

Canning Peaches

What a great weekend adventure we had! We went up to Pocatello, ID to visit my Grandma Henry. We stopped by Brigham City on our way up and picked up a TON of peaches for canning. We've had grandma's canned peaches so many times and they are absolutely delicious so we wanted to learn the art of canning and we also wanted to have some good laughs. You always have good laughs when you spend time with grandma.

Here's the video we made of the instructions for canning and some of the hilarious things Gma did during the canning adventure. I hope you enjoy getting to know Grandma!

For those who would rather have things written out, here are the instructions for canning peaches:

• Buy as many peaches as you want. Make sure they are very ripe and freestone peaches.
• Buy jars with the lids that "pop." If you have old lids and jars, you can use old jars, but be sure to wash them out well, and go out and buy new lids so that they will seal right
• Get a pot of water to boiling temperature. Submerge a few peaches at a time in the hot water for about 2 minutes in order to peel of the skins. (I recommend dunking them in cold water after the boiling water but Grandma wouldn't let me do this. To each his own.)
• Peel peaches and but in half, remove the stone. Immediately put halved peaches in cold water with a little lemon juice squirted into the cold water.
• Put peaches in the jar (we used pint-sized jars) with the cut part facing down. You can pack about 4-5 halves in the jar on top of one another.
• Once you have peaches loaded into your jars, drain out the water and add your "simple syrup" as Gma calls it. This syrup is made with 1 part sugar, 2 parts water and is boiled until the sugar is dissolved.
• Add the syrup into the jars almost all the way to the top but not quite to the top. Screw on the lids (but not too tight because the jars might explode)
• Use a big pot to boil. Put a rag at the bottom of the pot so that the jars won't break while they boil. Only do one layer of jars. Place jars on top of the rag and fill the pot with cold water just over the tops of the jars. Place pot on high heat and cover with the lid. Once the water starts to boil, turn down heat and let it boil for 20 minutes.
• Scoop out boiling water and bring out jars. Let them cool on counter until they seal.
• If you have more jars, make sure you drain boiling water from the pot and add cold water again, just as before. 
• THAT'S ALL!! Have fun!