Weekend of fun

This weekend my friend Laurie came down from Albuquerque to see me.  We hadn't see each other in almost a year is it was so nice catching up with each other...the weekend went by too fast!  She got here Friday evening and we went to dinner and caught up with each other's lives as Reid listened to all the gossip!  Then Saturday morning we got up and went for a walk like old times and came back to the house and I made breakfast for the three of us while Laurie and Reid watched some college football.  Then it was time for the girls to go shopping so we were off to the outlet mall in Texas...a girl could really spend the entire weekend there!   We got back to Las Cruces just in time to prepare for a nice dinner and a night of dancing.  Here is a picture of us girls ready for the night of fun...take a close look between us and you will see Reid trying to pop through our hair, he is such a goof ball!

Here is a couple shots of Reid and I:

A new experience...canning tomatoes

Reid and I have been able to freeze so many veggies that our freezers are completely full.  We have had to turn to other alternatives in order to preserve as many veggies as we can.  Reid and I have learned to can tomatoes and boy is it a process.   We have been able to can three gallons so far.  However, our processing of veggies has slowed dramatically because two weeks ago someone raided our garden and took most of the produce and left many of our plants trampled and died.  The only plants we have left are our tomatoes.   Here are two pictures of the canning process, the before:

After: