SALSA WEEKEND

THIS PAST WEEKEND MY FAMILY GOT TOGETHER AND MADE SALSA. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ONCE A YEAR FOR THE PAST 5-6 YEARS. FRIDAY WE WENT OUT TO DAY FARMS IN LAYTON AND PICKED 9 BOXES OF TOMATOES, 3 BOXES OF RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPERS, 2 BOXES OF JALEPENOS AND ASST HOT PEPPERS. WE ALSO HAD 2-50LBS BAGS OF ONIONS. I KNOW WE ARE CRAZY.... SO SAT MORNING WE MET OVER AT MY MOMS AND STARTED CLEANING AND PREPPING EVERYTHING. IT TOOK US 3 HRS JUST TO CLEAN ALL THE PRODUCE.. TAYA, ZACH, ANDY, AND JEFF CUT AND GRINDED TOAMTOES TILL 6PM. I PEELED AND DICED ONIONS FOR WELL OVER AN HOUR. AND GRANDPA GOT THE JOB OF CUTTING UP THE GARLIC. THAT TOOK HIM ALL DAY. WE HAVE ALL HAD THAT JOB IN THE PAST YEARS AND WE WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET GRANDPA TAKE OVER THIS YEAR. WELL, LEXIE GOT THE BEST JOB EVER - SHE HELPED WHEN WANTED AND BASICALLY PLAYED ALL DAY. EVERYONE WENT HOME BUT MYSELF AND MY MOM AND DAD STAYED UP WELL INTO THE NIGHT COOKING. WE COOKED 8 HRS SAT NIGHT AND 7 HRS ON SUNDAY. THE KIDS HAD FUN COOKING MARSHMALLOWS ON SAT. NIGHT AT GRANDMAS. ON SUNDAY GRANDMA TOOK THE KIDS DOWN TO THE SHOP AND LET ALL OF THEM DRIVE HER CAR AROUND. THEY HAD A BLAST!!! ALL IN ALL THE WEEKEND WAS PRETTY FUN AND WE MADE A HECK OF A LOT OF SALSA. WE ENDED UP BOTTLING 215 BOTTLES OF SALSA. MAYBE WE WONT BE MAKING ANY NEXT YEAR WHAT DO YOU THINK??!!