I Think I CAN.... I Think I CAN......

This year I decided to do some canning. I have always enjoyed doing this ever since I was a small child. My mom was awesome enough to teach me and had the patience to let me help out. I know I was probably in the way more than being much help to her, but every fall I looked forward to canning with my mom and sisters.

I got some yummy peaches when we were in Logan at Howie's marathon. They were DELICIOUS! I dehydrated some and bottled the rest.

You can't tell from the picture here but these peaches were HUGE! They barely fit in the bottles and there were no LARGE MOUTH bottles left in the stores.

I love to have peaches, pears and applesauce readily available for the cold winter months.

I use to get pears each year from my good friend's grandma's house. She has since passed away and they are no longer available. SAD :( because those were some great tasting pears she had there.

This year I was visiting with my cousin Kelley in Cedar Hills and found a neighbor of his that sells ORGANIC pears. I thought they didn't look too hot but they were probably the best tasting pears I have ever had. I wanted to eat them all FRESH but soon decided I had better bottle some before I got SICK! They were so goooood! Can't wait till next year so I can buy some more.

I also canned some tomatoes. I am not a fan of canned tomatoes but thanks to Howie I had an abundance of GIGANTIC tomatoes in our home. They are by far the easiest thing to bottle and so I decided to get a few bottles going as well. I actually made some yummy spaghetti sauce with these fresh tomatoes and it was PRETTY GOOOOOOD!

Well my shelves in the pantry are now stocked. I made about 30 bottles of peaches, 24 pears and 20 bottles of tomatoes. We also dehydrated the granny smith apples from our tree out back and some apples from April's tree at her new house.

Karah has been bugging me constantly about making applesauce this year as well. She brought over a bag of teeny tiny apples from her tree and wanted to make some on conference weekend. I told her we needed some BIG apples to make applesauce and so when I was visiting my sister, Teresa, Howie and Boo went out back with Celene and picked some of their apples. Now I just have to find the time to get those done!!!. It is fun to be able to teach my sweet grandkids the same things that my mom taught me years ago. Karah helped Steve and I out with canning last year and we had some quality time together working to make some YUMMY applesauce. The applesauce I make is a recipe from my sister in law and it is so DANG GOOD! Hope I can find time to get it done! Things are getting crazy around here lately!

CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW DOMESTIC I AM? MY FRIEND, SIRI JUST LAUGHS AT ME WHEN I SAY IT'S TIME TO CAN! SHE HAD NO IDEA A PERSON LIKE ME WOULD EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO IT. SOME DAY I WILL TEACH YOU, SIRI!