Canning oh my

So the canning season has begun. We really enjoyed the jam and pears that I did last year so I thought I would take on a little more and all the fruit came at once. My plans were to can with Megan and Dawn at my house but Megan had an emergency so it was just Dawn and I. We worked Friday and today. On Friday we got 51 jars of nectarine jam done. Today we had high hopes of getting 100 lbs of peaches canned, 50 pounds of peaches canned into jam 250 pounds of pears canned and then 150 pounds of pears dehydrated. Unfortunately the fruit did not want to cooperate and we ran out of time too. It took all day just to work on the peaches and the pears are rock hard and not ready. Hopefully by Monday we will be able to finish. We had a lot of fun canning and laughed a lot. Capri and my girls were great a help and things ran very smoothly. We did have a few hiccups but Madison was right there to make a sign so it wouldn't happen again.
Lets just say that apparently some people can't follow pictures for instructions and need it spelled out. Also there were a lot of things to remember so a sign helps with that.

Soccer season has also started so throughout the day Dawn and I had to stop what we were doing and take our girls to soccer games. Capri was first and then my two Allison and Ashley. Dawn and I traded off so someone was always home canning. I wish that I could have seen Capri's game but there will be other weeks for that.

Ashley's game was first and she did awesome. She defiantly is a go getter when it comes to sports. She is always right there with the ball trying to steel it from the other team. Today she had the most awesome play she stole the ball from the other team by her goal and dribbled it all the way to the other end to shoot. Unfortunately the ball didn't go in but she kept control of the ball the whole way down the field and held off the other team. It is going to be fun to watch her this season.

Allison's game was next and boy is the field bigger. I don't know if she was ready for that. Allison's coach used her as a sub. today so she did a lot of sitting out.
When she was in the game she was on fire. She played a few different positions but she really did great when she played a forward. She would attack the other team and steal the ball from them. It is so much fun watching her play another sport and branch out from basketball.

Kevin was bummed to miss the girls first games but he also knew there would be plenty more. He needed a guys day with his friends while he is on break from school.