Family Night at The Cromer's

Ok we had quite the Family Night tonight (Monday 22nd) It started pretty early about 4:00PM Jamie and Dallin decided they needed some Spaghetti Sauce. Katie and Ryan helped do some last Saturday. Tomatoes were procured and were waiting for us all when we got home from work.So we began setting up, slicing, straining, cooking, bottling, sealing, and stacking. Sure sounds easy huh? It really is a pretty good family activity. We started doing it years ago now none of the family likes the store stuff so we have to do it. It is pretty convenient though. We have lots of great neighbors that pass us tomatoes and we use the farmers market to purchase them also. ( The new puppies ate our tomatoes and the plant!) Katie and Ryan went and got us dinner while we kept up on the Sauce. We also made some pizza sauce that we have never done before. We will have to try that out later this week. Well here is the pics of our fun! Spaghetti Sauce

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Shan said…
Hi Bishop!!! Oh I am so excited that you sent us that email. AWESOME blog. It is so so so good to hear from you and see pictures of your family. It brings back some very sweet memories for me. How is Nichole??? Yay, I will definately check this often :)
September 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Ted said…
Your Blog is pretty fun to follow!(glad you got a new computer. Tell David hello! It is nice to see your family grow up (and you guys). Nicole is great, see my next post for her recent adventure.
September 25, 2008 at 12:52 PM
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