Fall!!!

My house is ready for the welcoming of FALL. Alot of people I know love this season and I do to. I love to get pumpkins and all my decorations out. This is were I start to decorate for the holidays because once winter comes you just change your decorations over to christmas and it keeps going. I love the smell of autumn scents in my house. Today I put a new scentsy block in the warmer and Braden says "Mom, it smells like pumpkin cookies" I said yes it does, but it's not because I am baking any its a new scent. He was a little disappointed. I know that this year I need to try to bake Pumpkin Chocolate chip cookies, we love those and I have never tried to make them before.

Life has kept us busy, now that Kaylee and Braden are both in school instead of feeling more relaxed I feel more busy. Which I like because I want to do alot for them and JOrge. That's how I feel accomplished as a mom and wife. I still work interpreting, full time mom, Primary teacher.Jorge is still working for the church and is in transition from one position to a new supervisor position, going to school and doing good, and working in his calling which keeps him busy all sunday. The kids are learning alot and growing up, they make me laugh everyday with the things they say. I love them dearly.

Greek Festival

On Saturday afternoon we headed down to Salt Lake city with my parents to enjoy a day at the Annual Greek Festival. It was a fun day spend eating great greek food and enjoying beatiful ethnic dances from Greece. These people really know how to throw a festival with food, entertainment and fun for the kids. We had a great afternoon with my parents and my brother and sister-in-law. Lets do it again next year!!Its funny cause my parents have been going to this festival since 4 yrs ago. They love to eat the Lamb and therefore go every year to enjoy this plate.

SALSA

This last saturday I took the determination to make salsa and can it for our food storage. I want to say that it was hard work but it was worth it. It turned out very good, the only thing though is that I didn't want it too hot so It ended up very mild. Next time I will need to add more hot chiles it seems that when its is cooking the hotness dies down. But it still tastes very delicious. I am so proud of myself for taking this hobbie of canning, I though it would be harder but it just takes time and practice. So far I have made Apricot Jam, Spagetti Sauce, and Salsa next I want to do peaches before the end of the season.

Kaylee's Birthday Party

Kaylee is 6 yrs old now, her birthday was on September 2, 2009. She is getting big with each passing year, as I contemplate old pictures of her, she has truly changed from year to year. I can't believe how quickly kids grow and change. On Wednesday which was her birthday we gave her presents through out the day and took her to dinner to a chinese restaurant ( that is what she wanted to eat). Then just yesterday on saturday we had her little party with her closest friends who are all in school, church together and live in our same neighborhood. They all did some crafts, played in the backyars and had cake,opened presents. It was a simple but yet fun little party. After all the girls left, the grandparents came with some aunts and uncles. We prepared Arepas and had a great time talking and eating. It was a fun afternoon with the family.

Spagetti Sauce

About 1 week ago my tomatoe plants already where loaded with red tomatoes. I picked the red ones and decided to can them. I made some spagetti sauce with them and it turned out pretty good. The kids helped me with the messiest part of the job, to remove the skin, seeds and cut them into chunks. I was so glad they wanted to help because for one person it could've been a big job. But in about 3hrs I did it all. Next time I want to do salsa, which I think will be this friday because again I have tons of tomatoes.