Friday, August 19, 2011

Canning

Today I put up 49 quarts of apricots.  I started by just using one of my canners but then after about one batch I realized that it would take all day to get the canning done that way so I decided to try two canners it was a bit of a challenge to keep up with both of them. But I was able to get about 60 pound of fruit canned solo in about 5 1/2 hours. Not to bad!!

It will be nice having all the fruit to eat this winter.

Monday, August 1, 2011

July and our License

Yesterday we got our foster license in the mail. I am really looking forward to working with the children that God sends to our home.

I have had a really busy summer. At the beginning of the summer I took a new job taking care of a little boy with Autism. This has been a really interesting experience and has given me a chance to be a witness in the way I live my live as the family I work for is not Christian.

In the middle of July I was able to get back to Michigan for the first time in two years. It was really nice to be able to see my family and some of my friends back there. Then after spending a week in MI six of my siblings can and spent a week out in Idaho with us. And then just this past Saturday night my older brother got married. So it was a very busy but fun month.