Kunz family reunion.

Every Septemeber my Mom and her sister put together a family reunion for the Kunz family (my mom's side). Growing up we weren't super close to any of ours aunts, uncles or cousins but the annual family reunions has helped us get to know each other a lot better. It's super fun and Hendrix loved running around everywhere with all of the other little kids. I'm glad Wendy took pictures because I've been SUPER bad at taking them lately.

   My Mom's parents. They're troopers for coming down here each year.

                         

 My cousin Parker, Cody and myself.

 Jordan and his cute wife.

 Little ray of sunshine, Kenli.

 Me and my Doodle. We kind of look alike.

 This year my Mom had a pinata for the little kids. They LOVED it! Here's Bentley taking a swing.

 My Dad and Kenli girl.

My Mom and Aunt Marnae. Can you tell they're sisters? It kind of freaks me out that they look so much alike.

All of their hard work payed off! Thanks for the great family reunions you two!

Stupid burns.

This is what happens when you're canning late at night and you're tired. Stupid burns.

The burns, late nights, sweat and messy kitchen are worth it all though. Here is what I've bottled so far this year. Vegetable marinara sauce, tomatoes, peaches, pear sauce (like apple sauce), strawberry jam, strawberry peach jam and raspberry jam.

Is this something I'll laugh about later?

Yes, that is lipstick on my douvet cover. No, I don't wear lipstick... in fact, here is a funny story about this lipstick. You know those "slumber" parties? Well I was invited to one and they gave out these little prize boxes containing goodies and mine happened to have a beautiful sunset colored (who wears that color) tube of lipstick inside. Little did I know that the lipstick was in the shape of a penis. Yep, you heard me right. I never wear lipstick and I probably won't ever wear lipstick (especially if it's shaped like a penis) but for some reason I happened to put it in my make up bag that Hendrix likes to sort through sometimes.
So I'm on the phone and I look over to discover that his hand is COVERED in lipstick and he's looking for something to wipe it on. I run into my bathroom (5 steps away) and when I get back to him (5 seconds later) he has already wiped his hand down the entire length of my W H I T E douvet cover. OMG! I couldn't react because I was on the phone but I almost started crying after.
Thank goodess for the internet, specifically GOOGLE because I was able to find a home remedy to remove this lovely shade of lipstick. If you're interested in the process in case this ever happens to you, here it is:
- I soaked the spots in rubbing alcohol for 10 minutes.
-Applied dishwashing detergent (grease cutting) on it for 10 minutes.
- Gently scrubbed each spot with a tiny toothbrush.
- Put bleach on the spots that were still kind of pink.
- Washed in hot water and prayed it would come out white again.

IT DID! SUCCESS! I really hope this is something I'll be able to laugh about later.

Picture Wall

So..... it's pretty obvious I've been a bad blogger lately. This might be the longest I've gone between blog posts, shocker huh? I just haven't really been in the mood to blog and I haven't taken too many pics lately. I've been busy canning and stuff... kind of on a canning kick right now.

Anywho, I look a picture of my picture wall the other day because it's finally what I pictured it to be like in my head 2 years ago when I started creating it. I have been taking down and putting up new frames for awhile but was never satisfied, until now.

 The glare was so bad from my window that I had to take the picture on an angle.

This yellow frame is my fav. I bought it for $5.00 at Michael's but it was this hideous gold color so I painted it burnt yellow (little obsessed with this color lately) and glazed around the edges. I love how it turned out and I've always pictured an oval fram on my wall. Check that off the list!

I'm sure I'll get sick of these frames in 6 months and change it all again. Why do I do that?