Quick post today...

Here are puppy updates for you, Graden! Wish you were at home so you could snuggle them. They are so cute! They will be leaving us soon :( They have been such a blast!

Random pics...

from this summer. Just came across these as I was cleaning up my jump drive. I'd wanted to post them some time this summer. I don't think I did, but if so, enjoy them a second time.

One of my favorite summer treats...fresh bing cherries. Maybe I love them so much because they remind me of picking cherries at Grandma Munson's house, filling lots of buckets, and eating way too many! YUM! Aren't they the prettiest color too?

Shandryn baked this strawberry pie. It tasted just as good as it looked too! And, isn't the pottery pie dish so beautiful? I love being able to use her pieces. It's so fun.

I got this awesome, fun machine this summer! I only wish I had lots more time to just play with it to make stuff!

Choose This Day.

I love Mormon Messages. It reminds me of what I need to do. Enjoy. :)

Puppy videos.

"I'm not ready to get up yet."

Funny Grandpa Buzz. Last week when Andy and Shandryn were at State Tennis, I was in charge of all the dogs--6 of them. On Thursday morning, I got the puppies, Boo, and Max all outside for the potty. Buzz, however, had been sleeping on the couch and when I came downstairs, I tried everything I could think of to wake him up gently. He is old after all, and it's getting impressive to see him jump on the couch for his night's sleep. Finally, I began softly shaking him while he was laying on his back (I was really needing to get out the door for work), he let out a little moan, rolled to his side, cracked open his eyes to stare at me, then covered them up with his paws!
I know he was saying, "I'm not ready to get up yet. Please leave me alone and let me sleep a little longer."
He literally stayed like that for 10-15 minutes before moving! Cute old man dog...we love ya!

Panic in the AM.

Help, I've lost a puppy! Okay, I'm already five minutes late for work this morning. I get ready to walk out of my bedroom, the current spot of residence for our little girlies, and little Maxine is missing. I begin my search high and low! I call for her, I look in the closet, I run through the house thinking she somehow escaped, I lift everything that is not too heavy from the floor to see if she has buried herself. Well, I did find her fifteen minutes later! Snuggled and sleeping in my sock basket under my dresser. Don't let the pictures fool you. She was totally invisible unless you were laying on the floor and had the basket pulled out! She was so content there that when I tried to get her to come out, she wouldn't budge, and then she tried to climb to the next basket over. What a silly dog. It's going to be so sad when they have to leave us.

Snow Angel, Jynese.

Jynese enjoys a first snow with Hannah outside. It was a chilly night, but they wanted to go out and play in the falling flakes. They even took the puppies for a little taste of the white stuff.

High-ten in the air.

Domesticating Shandryn :)

Making strawberry jam. Yes, that's right. Shandryn is really becoming domestic, and she likes it! She had a whim to make jam. So, we went to the store, bought up the best strawberries we could find, washed out the jars, and got to work. After making 2 batches and still having strawberries left over, we decided to head back to the store for more berries and double or triple our efforts. In all, we made 7 batches of delicious, pretty strawberry goodness. I thought it went perfect with my homemade bread (recipe from Shelley)--made with my new wheat grinder and 1977 wheat from mom & dad's food storage. Shand thought it went better with her homemade white bread. Either way...tt was so yummy! And, we have 2.5 shelves in the freezer full of jam to eat and share.