Strawberry Jam and Water Balloons

Who would have known fulfilling the measure of your creation could be so interesting? (random?) Yesterday I decided to make some strawberry jam. Strawberries were on sale so I washed some of the bottles I had and made the easy freezer jam that I dearly love especially in December when summer seems so far away. Then I got a crazy hair and decided we needed more! I sent Tyler to the store for more berries and jars. When he returned I was up to my ears in strawberries for most of the day. 36 or more jelly jars later I still had berries so I froze a few. Oh, our December will be sweet!

When I finally got the last sticky mess of sugar from the counter I filled water balloons. Our ward was in charge of the tri-ward combined mutual activity. I was in charge of the balloons. Well, only about 1/3 of them and believe me I filled up what seemed like 100!! (maybe 35!) The plan was to play a bunch of water games with the kids... water balloon volley ball, water "fill up the bucket with a leaking can" relays, and that sort of thing. All was going well and the games lasted roughly 20 minutes when it all turned into a giant water fight! I stayed out of the middle of it fortunately, but the kids sure had fun! Before going to bed last night I couldn't help but chuckle at the silly things life deals us! When the prophet says get your year supply or the bishop calls you to be in young women's I wonder if they know what fun it will really be?

Loving life!
KJ

P.S. Sorry, a lot of my Florida pictures are on my mom's camera. When I get them all compiled and downloaded I'll look through them and give you a log of the trip. As for now I've just been having some rather different days from the normal school life so I thought I'd share.

We're Home!

And boy is it good to be here. Our trip was fantastic. It was so warm and we did soak up a lot of sun. It's rainy and yucky here. I sure hope summer does come eventually. Anyways, I'll post some pictures and more details later.
KJ

Bear Lake

We went and had a picnic at Bear Lake today! It's only about an hours drive to get there from Evanston. The water was bright blue!

I really need to get some sun on these legs. I'll probably scare everyone in Florida with them! Then again, that could be a good thing . . . clear out the crowds!

See our picnic basket in the background! We also got world famous Bear Lake raspberry shakes! Next time, when it's a little warmer, we'll have to bring someone who has a boat!