Before bedtime on Friday night Bobi filled enough jars for Saturday mornings early start...Herb had the first canner "perking" away by 7am, and settled in for the first shift, I was in charge of cleaning more jars and Rusty took on the task of filling the next set of jars...Before Bobi and Ci took over for Herb on the second shift, we had enough time for all of us to sit and have breakfast of bacon/sausage, hash browns and eggs...Fueled for the day, by 2:30 two pies cooled on the counter, two pairs of pajama bottoms had been sewn, a tri tip was cooking on the traeger, and three canners done for a grand total of 7 canners totaling 147 jars of tuna...All the pressured jars are wiped down, labeled and boxed, enough tuna for our families for about 4 years...Pam joined us for dinner, Becky and John called in sick (flu symptoms,) bedtime came early again.
Amid all of the chaos the "kids" did a jigsaw puzzle, we played a few games of cards, looked at Ci's photos of her year in Thailand, talked, laughed, took turns being cranky, ate amazing food, opened Christmas packages, got over being cranky, drank glasses of wine and had a few relaxing moments.
Now it is Sunday morning, I've had two early morning hours to reflect on the last three day, count our blessings and wonder how the time can fly so fast...Ci and Bobi will be on the road home today, Russ will stay for a couple more days, then it will be an empty house for us, Herb and I will settle back into our routine...Below are a few random photos...Hugs To All...OWAV:)
Bobi and Ci in a tussle.
Ci giving Oma a new "look."
Dinner
Pies
Fashion Plate, Rusty, modeling
his newest outfit.
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