You're gone

I don't have very many blogs I look at. But if you haven't updated your blog in at least 6-12 months I will delete you. Chances are if you haven't updated your blog you are not reading mine. Just like my facebook, if I don't hear from you.....You're gone. (although I won't delete MY BLOG like I did my facebook) I don't think it would be liberating as deleting my facebook was. I highly recommend it :)

By the way,

I got all the family pictures. They are so good. I will try to post some more of my favorites on the Kasch blog soon.

Finished

5,249 pages later I finally finished.

(once again, the photo is correct in my album, just can't seem to fix it on the blog)

Grandma Benson forced me to take her collection awhile back. Literally forced me, she started by trying to guilt me by saying she wanted someone else to enjoy them and none of her kids would take them, then by explaining how good they were, and finally she just started taking them off her shelf and piling them into my arms. It was kind of funny. But I'm glad she did. It took me some time before I actually started to read them, but once I did I really enjoyed them. I learned A LOT more about church history. Not necessarily all new things either. I just had no idea on some of the timing and it went into greater detail. I would recommend them. Although books 4 & 5 were a bit slow and hard for me to get through. ( I read quite a few books in between those two)

This is what my alarm clock looks like for the next four weeks. And I LOVE IT! I go into work Mon-Fri from about 3:45 - 12:45 ( I can never leave work on time) Tomorrow I go in at 3:30. Yes that is a.m. If you know me I love the mornings. This may seem a little extreme, and yes at 2:45 I'm not digging it so much all the time, but I'm up and running. Why would I do this? I am the inventory captain this year at work which means my crew of five and I get to open every box on the shelf above eight feet high, count it, tape it back up, tag it, and put it back on the shelf. I got to tell you it is such a nice break from having to be in charge of 30 people and not worry about the normal work stuff I do. I'm almost done with week two, and who knows, maybe after six weeks of this I won't like 3:00 am anymore. But I know I will miss my weekends, not having to work past 1:00, and mostly I will miss that I get to spend more time with my sweetheart.

Round Two

I was blessed to go to the "Mother Town" or "Jewel of the West" as the locals like to call Parowan, for a Gladys and Lucius Benson family reunion. It was not as grand nor fun as the Jim and Peggy family reunion and there weren't many from "our" family there, but I'm there for support. It was cold and rainy and I had to wear a sweater with my shorts in AUGUST but the storm that night was amazing! I digress. Chris loves the apricot, (I must admit I have never bit into one, nor have I a peach. But that is a different story) so I went out to the the big old apricot tree and plucked a few. Ok I plucked a lot so I came home and I made....ta da, Apricot Jam.

This recipe was a little different so I'm not sure it turned out great but it was worth a go.

I do not color coordinate my shirt with what jam I will be making, it WAS just coincidence. If you happen to notice, which I'm sure you didn't, when I made strawberry jam I had a red shirt on. But since I've done it twice I think I may make it a tradition from now on.

Here is what is happening with Chris. He has NOT rescheduled a Dr.s appointment like I asked but he did go only 3 over par when he went golfing the other day. His skin hasn't looked yellowish to me in awhile so I guess that is a good sign. Although it didn't when he went for the test either.

Fish & Liver

Lemon-Ginger Poached Halibut with Leeks and Spinach

We are trying to eat healthier for a number of reasons but mainly because of Chris' Crohns Disease. So this is what I made.

If you know my husband you know he is one of the pickiest eaters ever and HATES trying new things. He kept saying how good it was and making the "MMM..." sounds and I think he said, "Wow" I had to ask him repeatedly if he was messing with me because I was not impressed in the least. I like all of the ingredients but they didn't work together for me. I thought he was really trying to make me feel good but he at it all (except the Spinach, I am still working on getting him to eat his vegetables) anyway so I had mom come and taste mine and she and Chris split the rest of my portion. So I guess it was a success. Next time I only make one helping.

So Chris and I took matter into our own hands and he has started a "Liver Detox" which includes but is not limited to; Milk Thistle, Soy Lecithin, Dandelion Root, Artichoke Leaf, Green Tea Leaf, and Turmeric root. We found out Sat that Chris didn't have enough wrong with his internal parts and that we should now add Preliminary Liver Failure to the list. He has a really good attitude about it and is confident he will beat this one. I threatened his liver to straiten up and cooperate by punching his kidneys.

Feel Free to keep him in your prayers.

Little late but not never

So it's a few weeks old. Who cares, at least I'm posting pictures right?

We had a little family get together when the Newbolds came into town.

Here Jude is being tortured by his mom.

Elliot going in for the smooch from Keira

The always gracious hosts

Exciting party eh

Nena and her cute new boyfriend Owen, who taught Enola her strongman routine.

This is as Jacob is saying, "WTF?" to his lovely bride.

Celebrating the July birthdays. Rheanna, Chris, Chelsea, Jude, Sara and Matix (I did not make the cupcakes from scratch, just the paper cups because the store didn't have them big enough for my tins.) Still awesome though.

I love the new neon food coloring I found

I got this cool new little camera for being pretty awesome at work. I still LOVE my Kodak but this is more compact and travel friendly. (It only came in pink)

For those of you who haven't heard Chris is having more medical issues, naturally. Some certain liver number, not sure if it's the billiruben or what was 200 points higher than it should be so he went in for an x-ray Monday to see what is really going on. They gave him this excuse note in case he had to go through the airport or something. I thought it was funny.

No we have not heard back yet from the doctors so don't start worrying yet.

C'est La Vie

Not much

I celebrated the Fourth, two days late, with my fam while my hubby was at work. I had bought a lot of glow sticks and we cracked one open.

This was the end result. I don't think I would recommend it because I'm pretty sure that cracking sound you hear when you break them to glow is glass and I just rubbed it into my palm. No blood just turned out to be uncomfortable. Looks cool though

So driving home from work the freeway was at a stand still so I got off and drove through town. AF was setting off some fireworks for their little festival and I felt like such a kid, I was all alone in my car but so excited by some of them that I said, "Awesome" then started to laugh at myself because I was being a dork and then proceeded to unconsciously say, "Wow" to others. The little kid inside never dies.(This is Chris and I reenacting the amazement of fireworks.)

This was on a friend of my cousins blog that I accidental clicked on and thought was funny!

Happy 34!!

Ahh...Aint' he cute.

So we did the annual birthday breakfast at Kneaders and then headed to Provo for the Freedom Festival. Walked around and got a little burnt. (His nose got fried the day prior fishing. Not my fault)

I was a bad wife and didn't plan anything fun but he got a cheesecake. ( I blame the unplanning due to girls camp)

Mom and I sang "Happy Birthday"

(The kids were mad at me so I didn't invite them) Rude? Probably.

He blew out his candles and that was that. I did get him some awesome gifts if I do say so. So his birthday couldn't have been too bad....right?

Sorry it's been more than a month since the last post but with girls camp and all it was kind of hectic and busy month. Hopefully Enola will post her pictures. I will say it was Fun and the girls were great. I did commit vehicular homicide and kill a squirrel on the way up. (Although Chris informs me vehicular is not in any Utah law and that I actually committed automobile homicide, but it doesn't sound as cool)

Anyway sorry we live such a boring life.