Strawberry Jam

Clayton, Sadie & I made strawberry jam today.
We have been waiting for our frozen strawberries to come from
Allison's Pantry, so we could have more jam.
It turned out really good!
One 5lb bag of strawberries makes about 6-8 jars of jam.
I found some new pectin that you don't have to cook and it is sooooo
easy to use.
We had a lot of fun getting sticky and the kids couldn't keep their
fingers out of the bowls.

With 2, 5lb bags we got 15 jars of jam.
I hope they last us for a while; the kids can't stop eating it.

kiDs 72 hR kiTs

Did everyone enjoy General Conference? I did. Some of those talks were just for me!

Well I have been trying to get our 72hr kits done and it is really hard doing some for the kids because they are always growing so I don't even have any clothes in ours because we don't stay the same size. I am the most worried about food and water. We made some little food kits a couple years ago for Relief Society, but they were too heavy for kids and they had some juice and soup in them so they couldn't be out in the cold.

I wanted some that we could keep out in the shed and that were light for kids... so I came up with these...

I just used a pencil box because they are inexpensive and easy to open. Then I filled them with...

*dried apples
*cheese & crackers
*granola bars
*fruit snacks
*gum
*trail mix
*mini cookies
*fruit rollups
*Yogos Bits
*Slim Jims
*Jerky

I filled them as full as I could get them and they aren't very heavy. Perfect for kids! There is no water in them so you have to put water in their packs, but it makes a perfect snack box. I am also thinking about putting one of these in each of our vehicles for emergencies.

I used the left overs for conference and in six months we will get them out and let the kids eat them and then fill them up again.