Is anyone else enjoying these gorgeous sunsets we've had recently?

When I see something like this picture above, the scripture comes to mind:  "Be still and know that I am God."

God is quite the artist in my humble opinion, isn't He?  I like to think sunsets are Gods' painted masterpieces in the sky.  Sometimes I enjoy just quietly sitting and watching the sky turn it's brilliant colors, examining the intricate details of His "brush strokes."  Is there any doubt He exists when you see something like this?  For me there is not.  This Earth and everything in it didn't happen by accident, there is order to everything God does.  We also didn't just happen by accident.  There is a purpose to our human existence, a reason for why we are here.  I am grateful to know what it is and through it I find true joy and happiness. 

Fun After All

Looks like after all that work on the corn today, the kids did end up finding something to do for fun this evening.  Four-wheeling!  Woo hoo!  No, we do not own a four-wheeler, but our neighbors on both sides of our house do. 

Connor is pretty proud of himself that he gets to drive....

...with adult supervision of course. 

From the back: Jessa, Alauna with Rigdon, and Connor.

Dear me, all three of my boys on a four-wheeler at the same time....good thing Jessa's there too.

A new crew: Ty, Jenna, Ronin and Jessa.

Afterwards, we went for some snowcones to top off the day.

Once we had our snowcones, we decided to go watch the sunset.

It was a beautiful evening.

I love our wide open spaces.

Laboring on Labor Day

We did our part for Labor Day today - we prepared 5 large garbage sacks full of corn for freezing.  Our family loves eating garden corn all year long so this is a yearly tradion that I am passing down to my own kids from my own childhood.  Besides, garden corn is so much better than the canned or store-bought frozen kind.

My two worker bees, Aubrey and Connor, pulling off the last little hairs on the corn:


They are totally stoked to be doing this on their day off of school, aren't you kids?  What a mean mother they have.  :)

One sack out of many - our garden was blessed this year.

Me - running the show and wearing Jed's "I've Got a Black Belt in Crazy" shirt.  (Processing corn is messy and sticky and surely Jed won't mind too much?)

First things first, gotta blanch the corn for five minutes.


Then the corn is dumped into cold water and when all the heat is released out, the cutting begins:

Since there was a lot of cutting to be done, we all pitched in on this job.

We did this for several hours.

This kids were great, I didn't hear one complaint other than Connor asking for a break.  It was denied.

Finally, dumping the cut corn into freezer bags.

Whalla!  It feels good to see the end result of all that work - corn ready to be frozen and enjoyed for the rest of the year.  Yum.