Canning

Have you ever canned peaches? Well I haven't..that is until this past weekend. See my husband loves canned peaches and peaches are in season right now so my mom being the awesome mother-in-law that she is said that I should come up and she would help me can peaches. I thought that there couldn't be much to it so I said why not, plus I would get to spend some time with mom. So on Saturday afternoon we started to can peaches. Wow! Messy, sticky, lots of pots and pans, and time time time! The whole process isn't hard to grasp and is actually pretty easy, but wow...that is how I can best describe canning. After canning 6 canners of 8 jars per canner on Saturday we still had more peaches left...so that left Sunday! Two canners were done on Sunday and then we headed up to Bottineau to see my grandma in the home! She is doing much better and will hopefully be able to head home soon!

I know I'm going a little backwards but now I have to tell you about Friday...We decided late afternoon to head to Newburg on Friday night because Tyler Moen had called my Tyler and asked him to harvest for him this weekend. So we get out to Moen's house and Moen said I need you to go to Fargo to pick up a trailor we just bought. Now my husband Tyler had been up since about 4:30 a.m. that morning for his regular job and didn't want to travel to Fargo, which is about a 5 hour drive or more in a semi, by himself. So I went with! Holy smokes for bumpy! We left Newburg about 8:00 p.m. Friday night and drove all the way to Fargo to pick up this trailor. We pull in and hitch on about 1:00 a.m. Then we head over to the truck stop so we can sleep, unfortunately the truck stop was completely full...so back to Grand Forks we go! Arriving in GF around 2:15 a.m. we finally get to go to sleep. Now imagine if you will two grown people sleeping in a twin size bed in the sleeper! It was definately cozy...Needless to say we finally got back to Newburg around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and were both completely exhausted. But it was an experience neither of us will forget!

Crazy!

What a stressful week! Work was horrible! The North Dakota State Fair was this past week and WOW were we busy! I don't think I've used my brain that much in a long time! I only attended one day of the 9 day event...it was hot and miserable. I think we were there for a total of 3 hours..if that!

On a great note, my friend Jessica had her baby! She and her husband welcomed a baby boy on Saturday! Congrats! Also finding out that our good friends Russ and Laura are expecting #3 this February! Babies all over the place! Can' wait!

The zoo!

This weekend was great! My mom and I went to the movie Mama Mia with Braden's girlfriend Keri. It was great! We haven't spent a day together in a long time. It was also mom's 50th birthday this past Wednesday and we were not allowed to throw her a party or even come home for supper because mom told us gas was too expensive and she didn't want us driving out! The older she gets the more stubborn she gets! Then on Sunday Tyler and I went to the Zoo with some friends and their kids. We hadn't been to the zoo in forever and it was so nice to go. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun! Can't wait until our little one is big enough to go and see everything. After the zoo we made a trip to Walmart. I don't go out there very often because it's always so busy and you have to stand in line forever! To our great surprise Russ and Laura informed us that they were buying us a crib for the baby. So we picked out the crib and hauled that home. We grilled outside last night and it was just an all around great weekend! Living in ND is the best and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't trade it for anything.

North Dakota State Fair - What a ride!

Weddings are over!

I was in my last wedding for this summer! RaeAnne Deschamp got married to Ryan Ellsworth on Saturday. Everything was beautiful! The weather was a little icky but oh well. We live in ND what can we do?

Fair time is just around the corner. We are busy preparing at work for everything. I really don't care for the fair that much. Oh well! Tyler is busy at work as well. It seems like we are never home. Hopefully things slow down a little before the baby comes so we can get some stuff done. We are moving into a bigger house at the end of September. I can not wait! We have outgrown the one we are in and it's time for something bigger. Especially with junior on the way!

July!

Wow...I can't believe it's already July 8th. Where has the summer gone? Every weekend in June was occupies by a wedding. And another one this coming weekend too. Then the NDSF and then I think we are going to try and head to Medora for a trip. The crops are starting to turn already so harvest isn't far away. That means late nights and eating in the field. It also means harvest moons. They are my favorite!

I have posted a few pictures from Bethany Hall's wedding. That was June 28. She was a beautiful bride and the weather was awesome!

Crazy Summer!

Today we head off to the big city of Las Vegas! We are heading down today and returning on Monday. Tyler's dad is getting re-married! I am excited to get out of town but I am not excited for the 106 degree temperatures that are expected! I'm going to die of heat exhaustion! Lost has happened in the last couple of weeks. Tyler's great grandmother Vi passed away last Friday. Her funeral was on Tuesday. It was beautiful and she would've loved everything and everyone that came for it. Well I will update more when I get back and get some new pictures on here!