http://www.peterandjessica.com Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the end! To make my blogging life a little simpler I'm moving over to a WordPress blog: http://jessicajoy17.wordpress.com. Once there, you can easily subscribe by email or RSS. See you over there! http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=189 A few days ago my friend Melissa and I made 18 quarts of applesauce each in my kitchen. It literally took all day! We were really tired by the end, but we have yummy homemade applesauce for a whole year! Melissa is improving her photography skills every day with her new ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=188 This year we bought two pumpkins to carve and put out on our back deck. Jimmy "helped" dig out some of the stringy insides. We named them Barney and Floyd. Jimmy also helped me make cookies for the first time. He figured out what the best part was pretty quick. http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=177 One activity that has been dominating Jimmy's time at home is putting together jigsaw puzzles. Until just a few days ago, he only had one puzzle with a big black train. He loves the train, but he also loves the challenge of putting all the pieces together. It's a 48 ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=169 This gorgeous weather we've been having inspired us to make the trek up to Baker after church on Sunday. There wasn't a cloud in sight! And Jimmy did not get car sick! Yay! :) Jimmy wasn't too interested in views, but he did enjoy the snow and walking on the trails. ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=172 Saturday we had Jimmy's first official birthday party! No, he wasn't born in June, but his birthday is exactly six months earlier. We have made the switch to a summer birthday party because our Decembers are packed full already. I'm not sure which was more fun, planning the party or having ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=153 This is a yummy, fairly simple chicken noodle soup recipe that we've come to like. I've never really gotten into making traditional chicken noodle, so this is a nice alternative. Thai Chicken Soup by Judith Mack, Cook's Country Magazine Use the side of a chef's knife to smash the ginger and garlic. I ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=152 It's 33 degrees and it's been snowing since we woke up. There are blossoms on trees and bushes, beautiful flowers here and there, but they're all covered in snow! I hope they make it! Because it's just above freezing (not to mention it's spring!) it isn't all that thick for the ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=151 Today I woke up to the disturbing discovery that a mouse had been in our pantry. Again. It's been quite awhile since the last one because we had plugged up a hole under the kitchen sink and I was foolishly hoping that we would never see one again. The first ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=131 This Easter we had a lovely time at the Rust Ranch. We ate lots of yummy food, played cards (Wizard & Dummy Rummy) and watched A Bug's Life. (Peter is on a Pixar kick, having just read a biography about them, and hadn't seen A Bug's Life yet.) The next day, ... http://www.peterandjessica.com/?p=130