Peaches everywhere

This is our first year to really get a lot of harvestable peaches off of our tree. The kids have been so excited about the possibility of picking peaches they sometimes would pick them too early. Even with that we still ended up with a lot of peaches. So when we harvested them we also set to work on processing them right away.

We made the following items:


Peach Cobbler


Peach Chutney



Jared Peaches


Peaches and Pineapple


Peach Salsa

Peach Jam

Everything was so yummy or smelled so good while we were making it; I can hardly wait to try a couple of our items later on. The cobbler and salsa were great, and tasted wonderful. I hope that the rest of our peach harvest is just as delectable.

We even left a few of the smaller peaches on the tree and there were about thirty (30) new growth peaches starting, strange right. So we might have more peaches to come.

Girl Scout camp

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This is Isabelle's first year to go to Girl Scout camp. I was so excited for her, I really wished I was able to be a fly on the wall to see how much fun she was having, and really be able to hear all about her experience. Resident camp was always so much fun for me as a girl and I was happy that Isabelle got a chance to go as well.



The day we dropped her off, it was raining and so she actually had to use her poncho, how exciting. Otherwise I'm sure it would have had to stay in her bag until the end. She took lots of pictures that I am waiting to have printed, and she said she had so much fun.



They got to go swimming, eat with all the campers, and make some crafts. When I arrived to pick her up, she asked if she could stay another day or come back for the next session. She had so much fun. I was so happy that her first sleep away camp was successful.

Catching Up

I had the recent chance to take a trip to Las Vegas for the baby shower of my of high school friends. It was so great to get a chance to catch up with her and my other girl friends with whom I was able to visit with.



I was really please to get a chance to visit with Amy before the birth of her first baby. Which in a strange was seems wild since I already have four. Good grief! I guess it's just the way the world works, because I have a couple of friends and family having their firsts sometime this year. This was the first chance that I had to see her house and get to know her in-laws a little better.



Plus I had the added benefit of visiting with friends from Utah. One of my girlfriends, Nicole, actually lives in Vegas now, so I had a great chance to visit with her and see how things are going in her life now.



Then Missy and Holly came down from Utah for a short visit which was great. It was so wonderful to visit with both of them. I only wish that our time was more, but life must go on.

Plus everyone had a chance to meet Decllan, who of course was the life of the party and always brought tons of smiles out from everyone he meets. He did a great job on the air plane and even started to sign while we were there. I can hardly believe this kid. He keeps getting bigger, and learning new things. Next thing I know he will be going to school with the big kids. Yikes!

Until then at least I have this trip with him to remember. Thanks girls for meeting me in Vegas. Next time I will have to make my way to Utah for a visit.

The New Patio

I am so excited! We have finally made an adult change to back yard. Yes the kids will enjoy it too, but really it's for Ben and I. I can hardly wait to finish it out but that will most likely be next year. For now, I have a brand new patio to put chairs on that won't fall off because of the slope, and I won't have any grass growing out from in between the bricks.

Here is what our "patio" use to look like:




The bricks all gone, yeah, that was the best part. It looked so much better without them there. The forms are going in along with the plastic and sand.




Now we have the wire mesh down and then it will be time to pour.



They had to mix it the color in so that it would be uniform. And then the pouring can begin.



I am so excited, now it's time to pour.


They can stamp out the pattern then wait for it to harden, and seal the patio.



All done, doesn't it look just great. The kids are already loving it and having a great time.



Now I just need to come back with some fill dirt and bring the grass back up to the edge of the patio.

I can hardly wait to have our first dinner outside later on this summer. It will be great.