Caramel Apples for FHE

Friday night around 10:15 p.m. the doorbell rang. It frightened me a little since I was alone. I was on the phone with my sister who said "Don't open the door" when noone responded to my timid "hello, who's there." But when I peeked out the window I found a fun surprise and decided it was safe.

We were "boo'd". There on the porch was a trick-or-treat back filled with goodies for making caramel apples from an unknown family in our ward -- one who does really fun things for FHE by the way! Tonight the girls and I made caramel apples. It was too bad daddy couldn't be here. The results aren't very pretty, but they sure were fun and yummy! Never thought I would like marshmallows on caramel apples.

I asked the girls what they wanted to say to the family that shared on the blog. This is their reply . . .

"Dear Them, Whoever gave them to us, thank you and goodbye." Peyton

"We appreciated the caramel apples you gave us. We liked how we got to decorate them. Me and my sister thought they were DELICIOUS!" Annalyce

Thank you, whoever you are for bringing simple pleasure to our little family. We appreciated your thoughtfulness and generosity. And sure had a lot of fun! We love you!

Sisters

I spent time with my my mother and sisters this weekend. It was fun, emotional and uplifting. We attended a Time Out for Women seminar in Portland OR. We enjoyed the music of several LDS artists (Kenneth Cope, Cherie Call and Jason Deere's Nashville band) and listened to inspired speakers talk about finding more joy in life. I am so grateful for the time we get to spend together to create these lasting memories. I absolutely love my family and am so blessed with sisters who are my best friends. They are all wonderful, talented women!

My sister, Erika, has been fighting cancer for almost two years now. She is unbelievable! I cannot even begin to explain how strong she is - I don't think I could do her justice. She has unfailing optimism and courage! There are many ups and downs with cancer and the latest news scares us, but we are trying our hardest to stay positive. I don't know what will happen or how much more time we have with her. But I do know this, we are an eternal family and through the sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ, we will be together again.

Update . . . nothing new

There isn't a whole lot to report. We just wanted to thank all of our friends and family for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. Jeremiah is still seeking employment. He had two interviews last week and we are really excited about one -- a commercial company that is working on projects here at Fort Lewis. It would be SO great to have the opportunity and to be so close to home.

Duh!

I guess I really didn't need the look-alike meter to tell me that my girls look more like me. Of course they do, but it was fun and I couldn't help seeing what it said.

Annalyce

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Peyton

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Corn-e

After Mark, my bro-in-law, harvested a truck load of corn Alicia and I spent all day Saturday preparing it for the freezer. I'm telling you, it was a lot of corn (almost 500 ear). And it seemed like a never ending task. I wish I had taken a couple pics of the truck before we started. We had to haul it around the house in boxes, dump it on the deck, and shuck it there. Then we moved it to the dining room table. We cleaned it, blanched it, cooled it in an ice water bath, dried it, cut it from the cob and stored it in gallon freezer bags. When all was done we had 22 bags with five cobs each and 20 bags of cut corn (12 cobs each). We ended around 2 a.m. after giving up on the last 175. We chose to share the wealth at church as we were too exhausted to finish. Needless to say, we were SICK of corn by the end of the night and the corn/shuck jokes we had been coming up with all day. It was a good day spent with Alicia (always is) and we felt a great sense of accomplishment looking at all we did, but will NEVER do it again! It occurred to us around 1:30 a.m. that it is well worth the $4.50 for a bag of frozen organic corn at Costco.