Harvest time!

The frost bit us early this year! Time to harvest! We canned green salsa (we had lots of green tomatoes), jalapeño salsa (lots of jalapeños), and decided to try canning some ham and bean soup. I had already made pickles since our cucumbers did really well this year. We grew a couple really nice watermelons and cantaloupe. We also got a few pumpkins. The kids picked and shucked corn a few weeks ago while I cut and froze it. They did 90 ears (yes, they counted)! We enjoyed zucchini and green beans for the last 2 months. We have a lot of spaghetti and banana squash again. We are still pulling carrots, beets, turnips and potatoes out of the ground. I'd say we had a great harvest!

Bowling

We were able to go bowling with Utah Online School as a field trip. Everyone bowled really well and had fun. I tried bowling right handed (I usually bowl left handed but my right arm is buffer) and got a strike! We will have to go again to beat our scores!
Dual school enrollment has really worked out for us. The kids enjoy going to some classes and like going their own pace at home. We get finished earlier and can plan for vacations easier. It's a good balance for us this year. I'm enjoying being home more and being in the car less.

Hunting Part 2

Well there's not much to report for the last part of our bow hunt trip. They saw more elk but weren't close enough to shoot. The biggest event happened at home while Sam tried to cook a potato in the microwave. She cooked it for 10 minutes, which would have been fine if there were 5 potatoes in there, but she only had one. It caught on fire and disintegrated. We were gone to an online school party and she had to stay home to cut hay. When we got home, she was worried and the house stunk! It was just an accident but she felt so bad to the point of wanting to buy another microwave. We have already found a replacement so no worries.