Spa-gar-a-gus

So I was going to blog about swimming lessons today (ya, I know, big deal) but Monte came home today with not one . . but TWO 28 pound boxes of spagaragus. (This is what Andrew calls it and I think it's so darn cute that I've started calling it that too) So what exactly does one do with 56 pounds of spagaragus??? You make Pickled Spagaragus!! Of course I couldn't possibly have done it all on my own . . the kids had to help. They were quite helpful as you can see: Kaylee and Natalie cut the spears to the correct length . . .
while giving the camera lovely smiles.
It was the boys job to take off the rubberbands that hold the spagaragus so nicely together. Oh they are not rubberbands . . they are slingshots. Colten corrected me. The boys also made sure that the girls had plenty of un-slingshot bound spagaragus.

And what was I doing during all this? Why, taking pictures of course!

Oh, wait. I was also packing jars with garlic, dill and spagaragus, filling them with vinegar/water mix, and giving the many jars a water bath.

These are the many beautiful jars that we filled today. 23 in all - one broke :(

But don't be sad for us . . . there will be more jars tomrorrow. There's still one 28 pound box of spagaragus left to do.