Be Prepared

Today was a day of preparation at our home. Taylor spent 11 hours in the yard working on the garden. He took out the sod, hauled dirt, and built a step garden (similar to this, but with three sections and for only $60 with wood and dirt). The boys and I even took five loads of dirt from the front yard to the back. I will get a picture of the garden in the morning and also next week after I transfer our young plants.

Kroger has an awesome deal on strawberries ($0.99 per pound), so we have been collecting them (you can only buy 4 at a time). I made three more batches of freezer jam today and we still have 5 lbs left!! Guess we'll just freeze 'em for smoothies. Yum.

The boys had a ton of fun out in the yard ALL day. James is sunburned on his nose and right side of his face only. Me and Matthias of course avoided any burning of the skin. Taylor has pretty bad burns on his arms and neck, but his face isn't too bad.

Can't wait to eat all our fresh vegetables and yummy jam!

(As a side note, I just found out that President Spencer W. Kimball was born in 1899. Who knew I was old enough to actually know (remember) someone born in the 1800s? Shocking.)