The Ward Family: I'm a terrible blogger!

I really need to get my butt into gear and post more often!

Summer has now come and gone. We didn't get to take any big vacations or anything, but we did make quite a few trips to Malad to camp, work, and play!

June was the birthday month. We have 5 family birthdays in June, 6 if you count Sami's at the end of May. One of those birthdays was my new niece. Jennifer had Aiden Nicole on June 17th, one day off from my birthday!

July...we camped in Malad over the 4th of July weekend. It was a nice relaxed weekend full of nothing! We didn't do any work, we just played and relaxed. It was nice. Then I went down to Utah to see my friend Holly at her mission farewell. It was great to go and see her before she left. She is in the Nashville, Tennessee mission.

August we had a family photoshoot with my dad's whole family. That same weekend we hit one of my friends wedding reception, and also got to see my mom in SLC. We were also asked to speak in Sacrament, which I always dread! But it turned out pretty good. Forrest and I also celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has been that long! We didn't get to do much due to finances, but we were able to at least go out and have dinner together at Texas Roadhouse....mmmm! And then the end of the month we headed down to Utah again for Jefferson's ordination.

This past weekend, Labor Day, Forrest's sister Audrey came into town for a visit. We all made a camping trip to Malad since she hasn't seen all the work we've done on it this year. Jackson and I headed down on Thursday and stayed til Monday. It was a nice weekend, but I was glad to get home. It was almost too long to be away! But it was great to see Audrey again, and we're looking forward to seeing her again at Christmas.

It seems like summer just flew past this year! But it was a good one. Now here comes fall...I love fall! :)

We've tried potty training with Jackson. No success yet. There are times when he seems ready, and others he's not even interested. It's a bit frustrating, but I'm staying calm about it and will just have to wait and see when it happens!

We planted a garden again this year. We have had our hands busy canning! Mostly we've just canned dilly beans. It's a recipe that Forrest's Grandma Infanger would do, and he absolutely loves them. Jackson has taken quite the liking to them as well. We've canned close to 45 jars of those, 12 quarts of peaches, a few bags of frozen peaches, raspberry jam, cherry pie filling, tons of zucchini bread, and we've attempted to make some dilly zucchini....not sure how that's going to turn out! We have had loads of zucchini and were sick of zucchini bread, so we decided to try something different!

Oh, and a funny moment from Jackson....actually two!

He was introduced to LemonHeads this past weekend. Well, today, he came up to me and asked for a "Yummy Head"! It gave me a good chuckle!

Today, he got one of my laundry baskets and placed it in front of the recliner. He stood on top of it, put his hands in the air and said, "To infinity, and beyond!" then proceeded to jump onto the recliner! I was laughing so hard! I guess he's watched Toy Story a few too many times!

Nothing much else is going on. Forrest is working grain harvest now, I'm still staying at home with Jackson, and Jackson is growing and getting smarter everyday!

And now some pictures for your viewing enjoyment! There are quite a few, but they are good ones... :)