Ok, I haven't blogged in awhile. Canned lots and lots of spiced peaches, ham and beans, black-eyed peas and I think that's it. Knitted up a new pair of socks for our trip to Ireland, Scotland, Lerwick (in the Shetland Islands) and Amsterdam. We're leaving on the 26th!! Lots to get done. I got a Seminary teacher, he thought it was safe to answer the phone!! I'm so excited and I've been packing for 2 weeks now!! I'll have to blog about my Thursday night knitting group one of these days, Erin tells me I need to.

Abbie's blessing day was Aug 4th!! She is such a cutie and sooo smart!!

Ala making banana nut bread. It turned out really good!! I realized I failed as a mother when she was reading the recipe and it said add eggs and mix. She looked puzzled and asked what mix???

So here's the hole that was in my bedroom. We had a leak under our foundation! They couldn't get rid of the water and my bedroom smelled like the swamplands of Mississippi!! They ended up digging a hole on the outside of the house and finally tunneled over to the leak and fixed it. It was very tramatic. You kept waiting for something bad to come up from under the house and get you!! I guess I watch too many movies. Things are better the hole is gone and no more boogie men and I can now sleep in my bedroom again!!

My beautiful, wonderful, talented, sweet, loving, kind, and generous daughter Erin came to can with me today. She was a pleasure to work with. She was happy and helpful all the while. You too can can with us next month we will be doin' some pears. Ya'll come back now you hear.
P.S. This is Erin typin