I finally finished with the peaches! Because I haven't been feeling well I had to modify what I did with them. I ended up freezing all of them, well what we didn't eat and make into crisps and cobblers. I think I have 7 or 8 quart bags in the freezer. Peaches are way more work than blueberries but we ate the blueberries so fast that none of them ever made it into the freezer. I am so glad that we will have something for a while.
Today my mom, sister, all the kids, and I went blackberry picking. They were small and kind of squishy so we didn't pick much. I picked just enough for
a crisp. I really have enjoyed the fresh produce this summer and would like to learn to
can next summer. I have been saying that for a good 6 or 7 years though. It is a lot of work but man it feels good to have non processed food around. It really appeals to the pioneer women in me.
Jason's parent got a side of organic beef recently. It was the most wonderful tasting meat I can remember having since I was a kid. We had t-bone steaks with her garden fresh broccoli and french green beans, and a peach crisp that I brought. We all truly relished that meal. Jason and I would really like to buy a side of beef, too.
I went with my Mom down to Firestone Farm yesterday and bought 'B' peaches. This means they have bruises and blemishes. So they are great for baking and cooking. Since I enjoyed the blueberries so much I decided to try peaches. We will see if I was too ambitious in a few days, most of them need a bit of ripening.
So our girls our finally enrolled in a sport. They will be taking swimming lessons but they don't start for 3 more weeks. But you wouldn't know it by looking at them now!
It took me long enough but I finally got it up there. As you can see I need something to go on my little shelves but all in good time, it has to be the right thing.
Look who has decided that he wants to use the potty. Ahhh, I am so not ready for this. My baby boy is growing up. Tonight Buddy decided he didn't want to wear diapers anymore. What?!? Well, I had no potty chair and no undies nothing. Jason was meeting with someone at Starbucks and I had to call him to tell him that he had to come home with the potty training supplies, tons of juice, a little treat, tons and tons of undies, and a chair. He wasn't able to get a chair but he got all the rest. I guess I am potty training, who new.
We had some long lost friends come for a visit this weekend from our old church in Auburn, Wa. Unfortunately, I wasn't super good at taking pictures this time and we missed getting a picture of everyone that was here. We had two Momma's come and 5 of their children. We cooked a lot, ate a lot, cleaned a lot, and watched a ton of movies. Thank you Erin and Robbin for coming. Love you.
I have been meaning to introduce you to our neighbors Bessy and Kathra. We have a large open field behind our home that Bessy and Kathra graze in everyday. We are all very entertained by our cows. One of them has been getting rather chubby these days. We are all wondering if she is going to have a baby or if they are fattening her up to butcher. But upon further inspection we realize that she looks ready to nurse so we are so thrilled to see a brand new baby soon.
