Announcing our addition

No, we are not expecting....but we did add. In honor of Ainsley's fourth birthday today, we added to her name. She is now officially and legally Ainsley Jane Startup. We have been wanting to add to her name since she was about a week old. I'm not quite sure why we didn't do this earlier. I can remember calling her Ainsley Jane when she was only a few days old. None of my girls have middle names because I don't. The poor kid has a plethora of names: Ains, Jane-Jane, Janesly, Boofalo Buffalo, Toothless, Crazy Jane. She used to tell you her name was Ainsley Crazy Jane Boofalo Buffalo Startup. When we were leaving the county health building she asked if we could never change her name again because that place was boring. Even if she didn't enjoy it today, I hope it will be a cute story to tell her children.

I can't believe my baby is four! Time really does fly when you are having fun. She can be so sweet and loving, but boy can she be a terror also. She acts at times like a headstrong twelve year old. She loves Hannah "Ontana" and the Jonas Brothers. Her favorite movie currently is Cinderella (She wanted her name to be changed to Cinderella). She loves anything pink-of course. She is quite a daredevil. There isn't a ride at Lagoon that she won't ride (if she is tall enough). She is the only girl in her primary class with six other boys. She'll tell you that she is going to marry Jaxon in the temple, but Trent wants to marry her too. She loves to love on our cat, and the cat loves to eat her. Just like any other child, she idolizes her preschool teacher and I can get her to do anything if I tell her Ms. Charri does it. She is very snuggly and ticklish. We all love our Ainsley Jane!

She got a Barbie fishing pole for her birthday so we went fishing tonight. She caught a little fish and was so proud of herself!

Peaches

Wow...I may be becoming an adult afterall. I canned peaches yesterday by myself!!! I haven't canned any fruit for at least 20 years! I only had to call Debbie 5 or 6 times. While driving through WIllard the other day I talked myself out of stopping at 20 different fruit stands. Finally I gave in (if I could have held out one minute longer I would have been past all the fruit stands.) One day this summer when we were at Grandma Call's she gave each of the kids a jar of peaches. They excitedly ate the first three jars in three days. Tyler wanted to save his for the first day of school. We kept it on the kitchen counter for at least a month.

Tyler wanted to know why I couldn't buy him some peaches like these. I kind of thought it might be fun to try to can. I gave in and bought a bushel of beautiful peaches. I also had to buy quart jars- these aren't anything I own for myself. I was so excited to get started. The first batch took forever, but then I had the hang of it. Three water baths later I had 20 quarts of peaches. They weren't nearly as pretty as Grandma's, but hopefully they will taste just the same.

When I brought the first batch inside ( I had to water bath them on the grill) I admit I cried! They looked so pretty! When the first jar sealed (popped) I jumped for joy. The kids all sat at the table and listened for more popping. We were all so excited to count that they had all sealed. Maybe next I will attempt some yummy Jane salsa!

New at This

OK...I am giving into peer pressure...are you proud of me Jeni? Besides, I feel left out of this whole new blogging world you all take part in. I read all your blogs often, I just don't usually comment. I think that I will give it a try for myself. I can't guarantee that I will post often, but you never know. I am trying to get everything set up, and then I will think of new things to say. Our lives aren't very exciting, so this may be the boringest (is that a word?) blog you ever look at. Oh well, bear with me while I figure it out.