Halloween Snapshots

Ever feel like you need an extra pair of hands?

Turns out mine were here the whole time.  I just needed to give him the opportunity.

Landon offered to help feed Danica.  I was skeptical that he could do it but I figured what's the harm in letting him try.  I showed him how much to put on the spoon and told him to give her a little time in between bites so she could "chew" and swallow.  He did a fantastic job.  He even got a paper towel to wipe her chin between bites ♥.

Christmas Tree Festival

I'm not from the area so I'm not sure of the history of the Christmas Tree Festival.  Ryan has told me Ogema is one of the leading Christmas tree producers in WI and the festival kicks off the busy season.  There is a parade in the morning.  Lots of craft sales.  This year they even had a few rides for the kids.  There is a chicken dinner put on by the Lion's Club.  A run up to Timm's Hill called "Race to the Peak" and a Christmas Tree competition to judge the nicest (undecorated that is) tree from the area. 

Sawyer and Grandma watching the parade start.

Some babywearing

Candy!!

After the parade and a chicken dinner we went to the family farm to spend some quality time with Ryan's aunts and uncles and to check out how high the river was after all the flooding.

Danica was very happy to get some time to play

I ♥ Autumn

Fall is my absolute favorite season.  Last weekend Ryan, Sawyer, Danica, and I made our yearly trip up to Timm's Hill.  The view from the tower is amazing. I never get tired of the hike up the big hill to enjoy it.

Sawyer is 3!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

A Day For Tomatoes

*sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures*

I've been putting off canning tomatoes for some time.  I really dislike canning tomatoes.  Its tedious and messy and I just don't like them smell of them.  I do however like putting them in the food I cook. And no one ever said everything in life was fun...soooo...today Sawyer and I got to work at 9am.  First we went through all the tomatoes that have been sitting in the laundry basket on the kitchen table for about a week.  We picked out all the over-ripe ones.  The pigs love them so nothing went to waste. Then we went upstairs where there is a very large Rubbermaid tote full of tomatoes that are in various stages of ripening and picked out the red ones. (Its up there because the chickens decided they made a tasty snack if I left them on the table in the garage. Plus it froze 3 of the last 4 nights here.)



 I filled the sink with water and Sawyer dropped tomatoes in one by one while I washed them. He is quite the helper!







He helped peel the skins off and then I de-seeded and diced them.  We canned 13 pints of tomatoes today.  I took the last 6 pints out of the canner at 6pm.   We have at least that many tomatoes in the tote upstairs ripening yet. When those are ready we'll probably can more spaghetti sauce and a few pints of pizza sauce.