What do you get????

What do you get when you mix . . .
30 pounds of strawberries . . . .
35+ pounds of sugar . . .

22 boxes of pectin . . .

a LOT of mashing, stirring and waiting . . .

47 boxes of freezer jam!!!!!! Yummy!

Happiness is . . .

an overflowing bookshelf. I was putting stuff away today and finally cleaned off the stack of books that had accumulated on the bedside table, but when I went to put them on the bookshelf, it was hard to find room for them. Looking at the books shelved neatly on the shelves and stashed haphazardly in the cupboards below just really made me smile today. The collection in our bedroom now is just the most recent finds, I have several boxes packed away in storage waiting for the day when we have the room to accomodate multiple bookshelves (or maybe the library room of my dreams). I am a book fiend; I can never read enough or have enough. I love to browse the books at Costco to find new titles to look for at the library and every once in a while I'll make a trip to Goodwill to pick up some cheap books! But I have to say my absolute favorite book store is Robert's Books in Lincoln City. Every time we go to the coast we HAVE to make a stop there. Just walking in and smelling the musty, salty air around all those books makes me smile! I can browse in there for hours and find TONS of books that I want, but I always limit myself to a reasonable number (what I think is reasonable anyway; Jeremy may disagree!). I can't wait to go over 4th of July weekend and find some new treasures! I love to hear what other people are reading . . . let me know if you find anything you love!

Not much to report

It's been a LONG time since I have posted on here! Everytime I go to post something, I think about what to write and decide that everything is to boring. Even now when I think back on what we have been doing lately, there is nothing post-worthy.

Oh, well I guess I can think of a one thing. Opus Interactive (Jeremy's work) has been doing some reorganization and restructuring of the employees and in the process, Jeremy got a promotion! He is now VP of Sales and Operations (I hope I got that right!). He is really excited about the opportunity to help steer and build the company; I know he is going to do great! Congratulations to him!!!

Other than that, we have been pretty low-key lately. We have some fun stuff coming up in the next month or so. I am really excited to head to the beach with lots of family to celebrate the 4th of July and then we fly out to Utah to see Jordan get married. I am still amazed that my little brother is getting married . . . guess he's not so little anymore! I am thrilled to have another female added to the Theurer ranks (we will still be outnumbered, but every little bit helps) and I think Molly and Jordan are so great together! I am so excited for the two of them.

Fun videos

A little while ago Jeremy got me a Flip, a tiny handheld camera that I can use to take quick little videos of the kids. I LOVE it! We have a larger handheld camera that is great for extended videos, but for everyday use, this Flip is amazing. I can leave it on the counter, throw it in my bag, tuck it in a sweatshirt pocket. and it is right there, ready to grab when the kids do something funny; such as . . .

The first video is the first big laugh that I heard out of Kylee. She was laying on the bed and Kadin was jumping around next to her (with me constantly guarding that he kept jumping around and not on). He jumped up, landed on his butt and she just busted up laughing. They kept going for about 5 minutes and I finally realized that I should get it on camera. I got this last really good one and then she decided that it really wasn't funny anymore.

The second video I took today when I was feeding her applesauce for the first time. We have been giving her rice cereal for a couple weeks because the doctor suggested it might help her cut down on the barfing (which it hasn't) and I decided to try her on something maybe a little more appetizing. She kept making the funniest faces! I love my little baby girl!