The wonderful harvest season is upon us. My in-laws love gardening thus we benefit from their bounty when the tomatoes come ripe. This year my father-in-law is out of town thus we have been given the bulk of the ripe tomatoes until he comes back and eats his 10 a day again.

The real question is what to do with this many tomatoes?

The answer is peal them, stick them in a jar, and process them to enjoy on a cold winters day some time come January. And that’s just what I did yesterday. Now I know what you are thinking, crazy lady with a toddler and 1 month old, what are you doing putting up that many tomatoes? I asked myself that question about half way through all of this, and the problem was I wasn’t thinking. It took me all day long!! But that’s ok, I know we’ll be eating fabulous lasagna or spaghetti with these yummy tomatoes in March. Some might ask, why didn’t you venture out and do salsa or something. We’ll we are leaving that adventure to next week when were sure to have more tomatoes. And a big thanks to my friend Michelle for letting me use her caner, I went to buy one and they were all out.

Now our own garden did, let’s just say ok. Our zucchini was eaten by squash bugs and we only got 2 beans to sprout and only 1 actual bean to pick off of those. But our corn did great! We’ll some of it.

I caught a picture of Evan and Dean still in their pajamas this morning. I can’t believe 3 weeks has gone by since Dean was born. I’m just trying to snuggle him as much as possible because before I know it he’ll be as big as Evan is now. I’m also trying to catch random pictures. I never want to be accused of have a gazillion pictures of Evan (because he was the first) and not as many of the children to follow.

Dean at 3 weeksEvan at 3-4 weeks

It’s been a long time since I posted on this Blog, and for good reason.  It is an understatement to say that the last several months have been busy.

In the last three months:

• I accepted an offer at the end of May to become the IT manager for Adams & Smith a specialty contractor in Lindon.
• In order to Facilitate the transition I worked half time at Both UVU and Adams & Smith for about 5 weeks.
• Scott, my Dad, and I went fishing in Alaska for a week.
• I finally finished my MBA program. 
• Jennifer and I had our second son, Dean.
• I had LASIK done on both of my eyes, and because of complications it resulted in very blurry vision.

The first week Evan wasn’t so sure about baby Dean. Now he’s a fan and Mommy’s biggest helper. Whenever the baby monitor is on, and Dean starts fussing Evan says”baby”, and if I’m in the other room he comes and finds me to make sure I know that baby is not happy.

So we’ve lived through 2 weeks with 2 kids. It hasn’t been too bad, but I have to admit I had lots of help from my Mom and Dad last week. And people in the ward have been so nice and brought us dinners. And it helps that Dean is a dream baby. He eats good, sleeps good, and is generally a happy baby.