So here’s what Jessica has canned so far this season, as of last night:11 quarts of plum sauce56 quarts of pears15 quarts of chili sauce28 quarts of apple sauce21 quarts of elderberry syrup33.5 quarts of diced tomatoes30 quarts of tomato soup79 pints of salsa91 quarts of nectarines36 quarts of grape juice11 pints of nectarine jamWe …

Well, I finally recovered our Utah vacation pictures off my camera, which now seems rather to eat pictures than give them up. I’ll have to get a new card with all my spare money. Anyway, one of them is this one of the Manti Utah Temple, where Jessica and I were married 14 years, 4 …

We had Emma shoot this after I was done taking pictures of all the kids that I posted yesterday. I’m not much to look at, but I love to look at Jessica. I love talking to her, being with her, and sharing all the adventures of life with her. Fourteen years, seven children, four states, …

Here’s our current posterity in order of age: Emma (13), Rebecca (12), Katherine (10), Abigail (7), Natalie (4), Sarah (2), and Jacob Andrew (four months). We were out in the yard the other evening and Jessica asked one of the kids to bring out the camera. It’s a good thing to occasionally record our children’s …