Congratulations!

My niece got married in August. Toward the end of July she had a bridal shower that Nichole and I went to. We got to spend time with both of my sisters and some of their daughters.

 

The day of the wedding was wonderful. Beautiful day spent with family. All but one of my siblings were there. 

The temple sealing was in the morning.

There was a family luncheon after pictures.

Some of us did some juggling afterward.

My sister-in-law has been practicing her juggling. 

Jeremy and I took the kids home between the luncheon and reception for a little break. It was pretty little because we went back in time for the whole reception.

The reception was also nice. 

Look in the background of this picture. Lucky photobombs without even trying (I can also see his reflection in the middle picture).

There are plenty of times he does try, though. Looking through my blog, I noticed he's been creeping into photos since before he was 2 years old.

It was a beautiful day. I'm happy for my niece and new nephew for finding each other. And because he already has children, we got even more family members added to our numbers. 

You know I love family!

A Few More Holidays

August 16 was Tell a Joke Day. We told jokes.

 

August 17 was I LOVE My Feet Day. I celebrated by appreciating my feet while I did different things. I love my feet because they help me get around to run errands, harvest vegetables and herbs, take the kids places. I love my feet.

August 18 was Bad Poetry Day. Jr. Jr. and I celebrated.

 

Jr. Jr.: 

I would choose to rhyme

But I don't wanna.

 

Me:

Good?

Not good.

This is not good.

This is bad.

Bad. 

Relaxation Day

August 15 was National Relaxation Day.

The public library is always a relaxing place for me.

I love the new outdoor courtyard/greenhouse area at Orem Library. Very relaxing. That's where I spent some time that afternoon.

When I got home I took Jet for a scooter ride around the neighborhood. I was happy to get my walk in because I wasn't able to go out that morning.  

I find walks relaxing.

I also made myself a smoothie earlier that day (I've been making a lot of smoothies lately). Also relaxing.

Left Handed Ballerinas with Birthdays and Anniversaries?

August 13 was International Left Handers Day. I wished my uncle a happy that holiday and had my mom wish it to my brother.

There were also a few birthdays and anniversaries that day. I wished more people happy those. 

Nichole and I did go to an event at the Orem Library that night. It was watching a documentary about a Canadian ballet group doing a ballet of Anne of Green Gables. It was enjoyable. 

Too Lazy for Pictures

August 10 was National S'mores Day. It was also Lazy Day.

I was too lazy to get pictures of us with s'mores. 

Boring Books

August 9 was Book Lovers Day. It was also Boring and Dull Day. The latter holiday celebrates Boring, Oregon and its sister city, Dull, Scotland. My mom mentioned that day that they sometimes go past Boring, Oregon. My parents happened to be visiting Utah that day and they brought me... BOOKS! I LOVE books! They brought a box of children's books from my childhood- some I had completely forgot about but some brought back memories. Since then Jet has been loving these children's books and having us read to him.

Garden's Bounty

I am thrilled with how our garden has done so far this year.

Jet wanted to pose with our most recent garden picture.

 

I'm also thrilled with what we've done with what our garden has produced. 

I cut a bouquet of basil and made homemade pesto (a couple times). The recipe came from Shelf Cooking 101 by Jordan Page.

Some I froze to be used later. Some I used to make pesto alfredo. Oh, that's yummy.

We've used banana peppers in sandwiches and in salads.

 

We ate one cucumber and have more to use. We're still figuring out cucumbers.

 

We've used jalapenos for various things including mini jalapeno popper egg rolls, which I love so much, but didn't get a picture this time because they didn't last long and got all gobbled up. 

 

We used zucchini to make zucchini bread- LOTS of zucchini bread. 

This year since we actually grew zucchini early enough, I took some of that zucchini and on August 8, I baked zucchini bread. Then I put some bread on a friend's porch and sent her a message saying, "Happy Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night. Look on your porch." I didn't actually want the zucchini bread to sit there all night and it was fine that she knew it was us. She likes my zucchini bread so I like to give her some when I bake enough.

 

We also harvested enough tomatoes (and basil) to make homemade spaghetti sauce, which we used in more slow cooker beef lasagna (from Six Sisters' Stuff). 

I am so happy with our garden this year.