What do we can in Arizona?

We don't have any berries fruit except Oranges,Grapefruit,Lemons and Limes here to can. We freeze the juices from the fruit in December when they come on.So I bought a Pressure Canner for my daughter for Christmas and we have been canning. I Canned 40 lbs of raw Turkey at 37 cents lb.Produced 10 large quart bottles. Then I canned five bottles of raw chicken breast cut in strips.Here are the photos.They turned out wonderful for food storage.She canned sweet and sour pork dinners and pinto and red beans too with crystallized ginger to prevent the gas when eaten.

Happy Thanksgiving

The Oreo Turkeys
The Little Pilgrims
On Thanksgiving we went to our Grandsons Brandon for delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings.They cooked the turkey mashed potatoes and gravy. Tina made green bean casserole.Sarinah made her famous dinner crescent rolls and dressing. I brought homemade cranberries made with frozen cranberries, 2 cups sugar and two chopped apples and two oranges, plus grated orange rind. Delicious.Then I made Sweet Potatoes my favorite I mashed 2 bananas into the cooked sweet potatoes instead of adding sugar. Sprinkled the top with toasted pecans. More of the family liked this, better than last year.After dinner the guys watched the football games while the ladies cleaned up. The grandma's helped the great grand kids make, cute Oreo turkeys, and Pilgrim Hats out of construction paper to wear.They enjoyed the crafts today. The weather was perfect a slight breeze and 81 degrees. No rain or snow.

Carson's Baptism

It was a wonderful day for our Family, another grandchild was baptised. Carson turned eight years old. His Dad baptised him. All the Family were there, who lived close by. Then we went to Lunch at Pei Wei. After lunch they went Hiking the Superstition Mountains.It was a nice cool day finally, after a long hot summer.

Planting our First Garden

We went to our Grandsons and helped the Great grand children plant their first little winter garden. They planted peas, green onions, lettuce and carrots. All the vegetables they enjoy eating. They loved planting the little seeds in a nice warm bed of soil, by the side of their home. Two weeks later they have already grown into little green plants, because it has been 90 degrees all week after we planted the garden.
Today it is cooler and cloudy we don't see clouds or rain very often here.It is usually sunny and no clouds.So clouds are great to see here in the South West.

Thelin Reunion 2003

Thought I would post these photos taken at the 2003 Thelin Family Reunion.Hope you know how much we have all GROWN up.Do you recognize any one your family?

While We We Out !

New CurtainsWindow treatment

The book shelf
Decor by the doorway
Our new air conitioner and writing on the wall
Our new floor and desk
Our daughter remodeled our office when we were gone on vacation. We had wonderful a surprise when we arrived home. We had a new beautiful wood floor. The walls were painted a desert tan color and the the outdated popcorn ceiling was gone. Also the popcorn was taken off, our living room and bedroom ceilings. We had a gorgeous new computer desk and dresser. A large new five shelf book case to hold all our books. New window treatment, with new wooden blinds and new teal colored valence. New photos and writing on the wall,which said "May our home know joy each room hold laughter every window open to great possibilities."Our air conditioner was removed from our window and installed into our wall permanently. We had beautiful pictures to accent our Valence on the window. It was so nice and clean. I want to live in it all day now. Thanks for doing such a great job daughter.

Senior Social Night

Our dear friends from the Humanitarian Center the Buttons and us.
The Mexican flowers our table decorations.
He is balancing a table on his chin.He balancing a bicycle on his chin.
This is a wheelbarrow he is balancing on his chin.
He is balancing a six foot ladder on his chin.

We had a fabulous chicken dinner and wonderful live entertainment tonight. A big party for all Seniors 65 and over. I dressed up in my little black dress because it was also our 26 th Wedding Anniversary. Thanked my good Hubby for planning a great evening for our celebration. Here are some photos of some of quartets and young single guy who could balance anything you gave him on his chin. A few pictures are of him ,he started with balancing a tennis racket and a ball on his chin, then a push broom, a vacuum cleaner on his chin, a table, a bicycle, a wheelbarrow and a six foot ladder on his chin. We heard a young female singer who could win American Idol easy. The Colvin Men sang their quartet.Our good friends The Buttons came to celebrate with us.