A New Experience For Logan

So I need to blog about this so that we dont forget it. On Saturday the 21st, we had a Jacobson Family Rafting trip down in Hagerman. We werent going to take Logan down in the raft, but after everyone got back from the first trip down I thought, why not. So I will tell you why we shouldnt have. He was terrified the entire time. Matthew and I thought that he would have handled it a lot better than he did. This kid loves water, but apparently not rafting (yet). It took about an hour to float from start to finish and the entire hour he cried "OH NO", "OH NO", OH NO"! while he clung to my leg. Talk about a long hour. Oh my gosh, I think that we will be taking him rafting again when he is 16. However, he did good considering he isnt quite 2 yet. I am sure we will try again in a couple years. But I guess it is good to know that water like that scares him a little right now. The poor kid and the things his parents put him through. HEHEHE!

Historical Sites and Things

So we were close to come cool sites while we were camping and while a few of the guys were fishing Flint took the rest of us to see the sites.

One of the buildings in the Bonanza City Ghost town.

It was cool to read where everyone was from and how they died.

The fences were around all the known graves.

One of a few head stones that actually had a name. There definitely werent as many head stones as people that they had said had died. But it was fun to walk around a look. 

The company that used this it says were able to recover over $1,200,000 in gold over about 6,000,000 cubic yards of gravel. And it was purchased in 1939 and shut down in 1952.

This is a pretty amazing machine. It is amazing how people can even come up with things like this.

There was another ghost town that we drove through called Custer but I didnt get any pictures. We also drove up a mountain part way, so that we could look across at a working mine. It is just amazing how much history is around us that we dont even know about. I always want to go see all these big National Historical Sites, but it is amazing how many different historical sites are around Idaho and even close to home that I have never seen. I guess the lesson for me is that there is history all around me and all I need to do is open my eyes. It was just pretty cool to see.

Jacobson Camping Trip 2010

Seeing as how we didnt do a Jacobson camping trip last year, this was Logans first official camping trip. Matt and I had been looking forward to it ever since we talked about having one, and Logan I dont think really understood when we told him that we were going camping. We were pretty sure that he was going to have a blast, seeing as how he could live outside everyday of his life and be okay. This was going to be an awesome experience. All Jacobson activities are fun so there was no doubt that we were all going to have a good time.

This was everyone hanging out after getting camp all set up. The red thing was water, which was way nice to have water right in our camp. And the wall tent was our kitchen. It was a really nice set up.

This was our tent that we slept in. I was hoping to get a picture of all of us laying on the bed, but it didnt happen.

All the kids loved the water and would wait until someone would come and crank on the handle so that they could play in the water.

Sittin around the fire on the chilly mornings.

Slavin away in the kitchen.

Logan wouldnt just sit still and warm up by the fire, he just wanted to be down and running around. His little hands and nose were freezing and he didnt care.

We had to take four-wheelers, so that we could enjoy the beautiful

scenery. And all the kids loved to sit and play on them as well as

go for rides.

My two wonderful boys. I sure LOVE 'em.

Our First Family Camping Picture

It sure was a lot of fun. I think everyone had a fun time, and I cant wait to see where we go next year. We went up past Stanley this year, and the guys were able to go fishing and they caught quite a few fish. We went on four-wheeler rides, played games, talked and hung out, ate tons of great food and just enjoyed being together as a family. I just love family adventures like this. Thanks Flint and Lisa for putting it together and thanks everyone for making it such an enjoyable experience.

Logans First Camping Experiences:

1. The first night was kind of a weird one for him. It was different for him to be sleeping in a tent and we had a slight breeze that kept blowing the tent and I think it kind of freaked him out a little. He just wouldnt go to sleep and he was overly tired, seeing as how he only got like a 30 min nap on the way up. I couldnt get him to calm down, even by laying by him, and he kept screaming "DADDY", so I got Matthew to come lay down by us and he still wouldnt stop screaming. So I know that he loves to say his prayers at night and get all exciting. So I said Logan lets say your prayers and he folded his arms and calmed down, so we said a little prayer and the minute I was done he started screaming again. So I had Matthew say a prayer for us (a really long prayer) and he finally allowed himself to fall asleep. Thank goodness for PRAYERS :)!
2. I didnt get a picture of this but Lisa did, so I am going to have to get it from her. Anyway the entire time we were there Logan had a piece of licorice in his hand. I mean pretty much about every minute of everyday. He LOVED it and I figured that we were camping so I didnt care. One morning he couldnt get the lid off because someone had put it on too tight (shame on whoever did it), so he came walking out of the kitchen tent with the big tub of licorice. It was pretty cute.
3. He wouldnt sit still, even in the mornings when it was cold. He just wanted to run and enjoy being outside. Although he fell quite a bit and all I thought I heard the entire time was him crying. He enjoyed it. I know that he would have loved to have stayed there forever. I sure have a Nature kid.
4. Matthew took him down to the water that was across the road and down a little slope. He kept throwing rocks in the water and when it was time to go he said BYE-BYE to the water. What a cute kid.
5. Poor Grandpa took him on a little four-wheeler ride, and at some point on the ride he fell asleep. All I can say is he is a pretty heavy kid when you have to hold all his dead weight.

CAMPING WAS A BLAST!!!!!

More Canning

I have to admit that I am not that thrilled to can this year. Not exactly sure why but I think it might have something to do with me being pregnant.Or the fact that the first things that I have canned have taken a lot of time and have pretty much exhausted me. The first being the 82 pints of beans and the second being a new project of canning potatoes. I ended up canning 35 quarts of potatoes which is quite a long process, and it sure better have been worth it or I wont repeat it again next year. But I dug up two rows of our potatoes (one red and one golden), and got 35 quarts, which wasnt too bad seeing as how we still have a row of reds left to enjoy the rest of the growing season. I was however glad that my sister was out here to help me with this long and drawn out process. So we had this huge pile of potatoes to scrape the skins off and then we had to pressure can them at a pressure of 12 for 40 minutes, which I thought that I was going to die through. 40 minutes was such a long time and I thought that 20 minutes with beans was long but it was nothing compared to the potatoes.

I am starting to hate this thing. But it sure is nice to have my

food storage starting to fill back up.

Potatoes: They turned out pretty good I think.

Almost all of the jars for us to enjoy this up coming year.

The 12 Quarts I canned for my mom.

She better appreciate all our hard work,

which I am sure she does. Love ya mom!

So I guess that I had better change my attitude soon, because canning has just started around here. I have tons left to do. Next will be 3 (22lb) boxes of peaches and 5 (22lb) boxes of pears. I am doing one box of each for my mom and for my dad and Cyndi and then the rest for us. Then hopefully we will get some tomatoes soonish so that I can can pizza sauce and tomatoes. Then I have carrots to pressure can (should be my last thing) and then I am going to freeze some of our corn. And hopefully I dont get talked into canning anything else this year, but you never know. So heres to hoping that my attitude changes soon, because it is going to be a long road ahead if I dont :)!