"Best in Show"

So July has been a little CRAZY!! So much has been going on, I am ready for things to slow down a bit. First, for the 24th of July celebrations our ward float was given to the primary to do. No big deal right? Well thats what we thought, wrong!! Mendie and her hubby were also in charge of the Rodeo so she would be busy with that and couldn't help too much. Jaime had other things going on so it was Amber and I. Well we had late nights and early mornings, thank goodness for our hubbies and good kids!! And in the middle of doing a float James had a fundraiser for the Scout Jamboree. So I had to help him sell tickets, and make a spaghetti dinner for a couple hundred people. That turned out well and he made some money to go. He needs $3,000!!! I know--Holy CRAP!! But it will be an experience of a lifetime! A small group of boys get to go and they are going to New York, Washington DC, Boston and check out the church history sites there. Tons more plus the 100 year anniversary of the Boy Scout Jamboree, which the President of the US goes there to see the boys. So anyway--thats what the fundraiser was for. But the float was totally worth it because we won "Best of show"!! And we were not humble about it either!! It was fun and I had a great time with Amber. So after all that was our Whiting reunion, which I was asked to give a demonstration on how to make my great grandmas Danish Dumpling recipe-----to 800 people! And to make enough to give everyone a sample. Thanks to my great family we pulled it off! It turned out to be a lot of fun, and I got to hear my grandma tell some stories about them that I haven't heard before. I love to hear her stories. So after the reunion was over my mom and dad took James and Haylee back to Canada with them, thats where they live right now. So they are having a great time, they went to Niagara Falls yesterday and loved it!! They fly home Saturday (by themselves) and start school Monday!! WOW! And to top it all off, I noticed last night that our freezer in the garage was not shut all the way and all the meat in there was thawed out, it was about a 1/4 of a cow and a 1/2 of a pig!!! A lot of meat! It was still cool and not spoiled yet so Josh and I stayed up all night canning it! It was kinda fun though, we rented some movies and canned all night in the basement. Not a very romantic way to spend our time without the older kids but it was nice to hang out. Well I think that I have blabbed on long enough, Sariah just came in here wearing tons of make-up and smelling like a cheep hooker, looks like she found my make-up bag :0) Gotta go give her a bath!!