Canning

Any of you who know my grandma Lane know about macaroni and tomato. It is delicious! and I want it every second of the day. The past 3 years my grandma had helped me can my own tomato juice so i could enjoy macaroni and tomato at my home. This year the tomatoes were late and because of that the week that they were on, my grandma was extremely busy and there just wasn't a day we could get together and can. BUT my grandma let me borrow her canning stuff and gave me careful instructions and let me do it at my house. Thank goodness for Tim. He was so excited to help me. Really he was. He woke up early friday morning and took the kids with him to go and buy lids and bands for the jars. He bought the tomatoes and he helped me!  My mom called and was so impressed that Tim was helping. She says guys don't get better that that and that i am one  lucky girl to have him. I told her i guess she is right since it doesn't get more 18th century woman that this to can, I must have an awesome guy to help me do this. I am so grateful too! We started at 3 in the afternoon and finished around 10 pm! It was so long but really so much fun! Bella even helped by putting the tomatoes in the sink. Brigham helped by staying out of the way (that explains the paint all over his body...tim  &  I thought whatever keeps them busy:)  It was so much fun. I loved every second of it. washing the tomatoes, cutting them, stewing them, tim strained them and then filling the jars and sealing them. I loved the smell, oh i loved all of it! Thanks to tim and about 50 calls to my grandma and 1 to my aunt deanna to make sure we were doing it right, it worked we canned 42 quarts and every one but 1 of them sealed! Once again. sorry about the long post. I guess this is what becoming a mom and wife entails for me. Joy over tomato juice:)