SHE PLACED!!!!

Katie got Second Place. She is going to Nationals!! She smoked 'em! Until the girl with the purple boots (a.k.a. Brooke) got up there and beat her by 5inches. 5INCHES!!! I think they pumped her up with B-12 or something... Katie says she is going to Disneyworld. She took off when they called her name, she didn't want the trophy they had, she was going to pick her oun from the table. We had a great time. Daddy and Dr. Joe came with to cheer her on. We had a very good Labor Day. Its too bad Brendon has a broken collarbone, he can't do anything for the next THREE WEEKS! He has to learn to take it easy.

Look at all of This...

Look at all of this! I now have pickles coming out of my ears. I have made Peach Conserve, Strawberry Rhubarb Jam and Dill Pickles. I don't like Sweet Pickles, so I don't make them. No one has complained in our house, so I don't mention the absence. The Peach Conserve is a fancy way of saying the jam didn't firm up yet. So until it does, its conserve. I still have another pot of tomato juice waiting for a few more tomatoes to ripen for the pasta sauce. I don't like spagetti sauce from the store in my lasagne. Cuz' them it tastes like funny spagetti with weird cheese. Take a look at the rest of it below...

Fruits of My Labor

Here is the other half. Not in any particular order...Crab Apple Jam (made with honey so even diabetics can enjoy), Tomato Juice (two batches), Pasta Sauce, More Tomato Juice, and Caramel Apple Butter. I tell ya that apple butter is the best recipe I have ever had. I think I had to fight Katie for the spoon to lick.