I'm On the INSANE Tour!

That's right I am still on the insane "Carrie's Canning Tour" and am deliriously tired...but it's all worth it.

Before I get into that though...Have you thought about Christmas???? It's coming and over here on our Adoption BLOG I have some great stuff for you to get your loved ones. Gifts that give more than one, but 3 times... Check it out HERE.

So as I mentioned in the previous post we have been super busy canning and freezing, and for some reason this year I keep adding more. Last Friday my Mother and Grandmother graciously came over and helped me can 21 Quarts of peaches, and freeze 12 quart size bags with peaches too. (We love fruit smoothies in our house) Then between Saturday and Sunday the Hubby and I canned 64 pints of salsa. Yeah we eat a lot of salsa..... Canning it saves me tons of mula! Then last night I decided to try my hand at pickle relish with some free cucumbers my Grandma gave me. I have yet to taste it, but it sure looks good!





So what do the kids do while I am canning? They play in the dirty produce boxes...Cuties

Something Old, Blue, & New

Something Old....

Example: Not that long ago Mo tried to snatch the camera because he wants to play with it (naturally) and I still got a somewhat happy look out of him.



Then on Sunday the same thing happened; only he wasn't really happy. So this pic says for sure "Mom this is getting old!"



Something Blue....

My sweet precious PRINCESS EJ! EJ is very into princess all of a sudden, and she has a couple of her princess outfits on all at once...beautiful Guatemalan Princess

I am still trying to figure out where this girly side is coming from all of a sudden because she did not learn that from me... 4 SHUR!



Something New....

Pickles! Someone kindly gave us cucumbers grown for making pickles so I thought why not try canning pickles. Well, we liked them so much I have canned more the last 2 nights, and tried my hand at peach jam. YUMMO!

We are deep into the freezing/canning season right now so my nights and weekends are determined by fruits and veggies; OH BOY! It's so worth it though in the winter; really worth it. So far we have frozen blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, 2 bushel corn, and strawberry and peach jam. Right now I have a bushel and a half of peaches laying on my counter to be canned and frozen, then we move onto green beans, pears, apple sauce, tomato juice, and salsa! I think I may try apple butter this year too...

Anyway...here is a pic of my first 2 batches of pickles...aren't they pretty??? Yes, I love to look at the finished product and just beam at the prettiness of my own canned food...I think I must be getting old..... :)

We IZ Cute!

Wow! I feel like I can start breathing again now that the rummage sale is over. I will update on that and other things adoption wise soon on our adoption blog, but wanted to leave you with a few pics of the kids from a couple different outings this summer.

HUGE Rummage Sale/Silent Auction

The time has finally come!

Our HUGE rummage sale/silent auction is this Saturday at Kent and I’s church from 8-3p.m. with the silent auction lasting until Sunday.
We have been exceedingly blessed with a ton of items for this sale. You name it we probably have it.

Baby Clothes up to Adult clothes, other baby items, toys, bikes, exercise equipment, decorative items of many many different venues, Christmas Items, Kitchen Items, even snow ski’s! I can’t even wrap my mind around everything right now to list it. Please come see us at our sale, and hear about our heart for the orphan.

This sale will benefit not two family’s adoptions from Ethiopia.

Hope you can make it and God Bless!
Matthew 25: 31-40

Smile

These make me smile a lot! Time with family; people we love and the kids love. Na Na Barb and Mike's...relaxation Ma Ma needs right now. I am knee deep in pricing things for our rummage sale in a couple weeks; so much so I am dreaming about it at night; yikes! But there is nothing I wouldn't due for my babies, and future babies!




(The hubs is going to be pretty upset w/me for posting this pic of his man chin, but it is too good not too!) Look at the joy these two have being together.

Courageous

It was all I could do to not cry after listening to this song, and watching this video trailer...

Clean Up, Clean Out, Donate

Turn your unused items into a blessed gift for orphans. My Family is jointly holding a Rummage Sale with the Bailey Family, to raise money for the fees associated with bringing the next members of our families “out of Africa.” The sale will be held in my church's Family Center on July 23rd.

We will be collecting gently used items that may be sold to fund the obscene cost of adoption. Please contact me to arrange for pick up of your donated items at least one week prior to the sale.

I will have more details on the sale later...we may be raffling some pretty cute baby quilts and I want even my bloggy friends to be able to buy tickets if you want.

I have been reading so many stories lately of orphans that are suffering so much and it breaks my heart even more. Please pray for all orphans of the world and ask God to show you what you can do to help!

God Bless