Cute (and healthy!) Neighbor Gift Idea!

Jared has been dabbling in hydroponics.

This man and his interests never cease to amaze me.

I think he is addicted to learning new things, because he is the master at 

learning any new trade that sparks something in his brain!

A little over 2 months ago he decided to grow some lettuce. I think, in his mind, he was thinking that maybe some how he could turn this hobby into a way to make money so he wanted to see how many he could grow at once to sell at farmers markets. I think he had about 100 romaine lettuce plants and a bunch of kale. He also has started a bunch of herbs and tree seedlings!

Jared learned a lot over the months the lettuce was growing, what worked and what didn't. I think the biggest problem is space. This set up takes up our whole garage so there isn't a lot of room for his other hobbies and interests to fit in his work space. ( I had to give up on parking in my garage years ago! )

The lettuce was ready to harvest just in time for the Christmas season and I had to find homes for all our yummy, organic, home grown lettuce before it went bad, and that is where my idea for neighbor gifts was born!

Picking the lettuce...

Packaging it all up!

Wow, that's a lot of lettuce!

Lettuce us wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,

The Jaynes Family

Reconciled to His will

This scripture stood out to me yesterday. 

As I read this scripture I felt the words "reconcile yourself 

to God's will" speaking right to me. 

How many times do I give into the ideas world? 

How many times do I think I know better? 

How many times do I choose to worry and stress over things I can't control? 

The answer to all those questions is- A lot! 

What I am working on is being reconciled to His will. 

And to me that means to have complete faith in his plan. 

I know what I need to do to follow Him so that one day I will be able to be with Him and my Savior again. 

God has taught me what his will is and I must "reconcile to him" by showing my faith in him and living the way he has taught. 

And we are so, so lucky!

Because our Heavenly Father has given us a very special gift- 

Our Savior, Jesus Christ. 

He came to earth to set the example for us to follow and then he sacrificed it all for every human being that has ever and will ever live on the earth. No one but He could have done that. 

I am so grateful for this time of year to remind me to treasure that gift above all others. 

Because what this season is really about-

Is not what we can give to others....

 It's about what One Other has sacrificed to give a Gift to you. 

The November Jaynes Family Birthday Party

 Here are some pics of some of our favorite people in the world spending time together! The kids look forward to going to grandma and grandpa's house for Sunday dinner. Last Sunday night we were celebrated all the November birthdays. We had Steve's family favorite chili verde for dinner. Yum! Some big news in the Jaynes family-- We are going to try doing a gift exchange this year for Christmas. I am excited about it! Jared and I picked Jessica and Brandon so we will have fun putting a gift together for them and the kids are excited to get gifts for each other. We have the most kids in the family right now so some of my kids picked a sibling but they take that as good news because they can make sure their sibling knows exactly what to get them!

Some how Indy didn't get in any of the pictures which is weird because she loves photo bombing! But she was there!