Many thanks to Matt & Karrie for their much appreciated chocolate offering.
It was a fun surprise to get in the mail. (Ian is wondering if he can make an announcement
on our blog that he wants chocolate too.)
It was a fun surprise to get in the mail. (Ian is wondering if he can make an announcement
on our blog that he wants chocolate too.)
Ian has been reading books about Leonardo da Vinci and his many inventions.
He decided to make his own weight and pulley system in the back yard the other day.
We won't mention that he got stuck and needed assistance getting down.
He decided to make his own weight and pulley system in the back yard the other day.
We won't mention that he got stuck and needed assistance getting down.
Ian and Megan have been anxiously awaiting the new Bionicle movie.
We ordered it online and Ian splurged for overnight shipping so he could get it the day it was released.
(That's what can happen when you have a lucrative mouse business.)
We ordered it online and Ian splurged for overnight shipping so he could get it the day it was released.
(That's what can happen when you have a lucrative mouse business.)
The children decorated the house with all their Bionicles in celebration.
This one was hanging on the shower door!
Dallin discovered that he really likes to drink orange juice.
Kevin took Ian and Erin dove hunting one Saturday for a child/parent date.
They came home with a really odd-looking dove.
Our biologist Erin helped pluck, skin, and clean the bird and had a great lesson in bird anatomy.
Now she just needs someone to teach her correct bird identification.
They came home with a really odd-looking dove.
Our biologist Erin helped pluck, skin, and clean the bird and had a great lesson in bird anatomy.
Now she just needs someone to teach her correct bird identification.
Megan learned how to decorate cakes at a fun YW activity.
These are the cupcakes she decorated after seeing the demonstrations.
We're going to delegate all future cake projects to her!
These are the cupcakes she decorated after seeing the demonstrations.
We're going to delegate all future cake projects to her!
And because it is the harvest season and because there is a certain member of the family who has an obsessive compulsion to fill our pantry during this time, we display the following:
Beautiful Brigham City Peaches!
These were made into fruit leather, preserved in bottles, and frozen into pie filling,
along with us consuming massive amounts each day.
These were made into fruit leather, preserved in bottles, and frozen into pie filling,
along with us consuming massive amounts each day.
Pears from a neighbor and Kevin's aunt!
These have also been eaten, bottled, and dried.
These have also been eaten, bottled, and dried.
Tomatoes from various sources!
These have been dried, made into juice and soup, and eaten with many meals.
These have been dried, made into juice and soup, and eaten with many meals.
White Concord Grapes!
We raid the same vine every year. This year April got 26 quarts of concentrate
from the first picking. We'll wait to do more after we do our
purple juice and see how many bottles we have left.
We raid the same vine every year. This year April got 26 quarts of concentrate
from the first picking. We'll wait to do more after we do our
purple juice and see how many bottles we have left.
Not pictured:
Vast amounts of zucchini and summer squash which have been sauteed for numerous
side dishes, made into soups, baked into bread and cakes, and also dried.
Vast amounts of zucchini and summer squash which have been sauteed for numerous
side dishes, made into soups, baked into bread and cakes, and also dried.
1 comment:
Okay...so are you wanting to teach me how to can and bottle? I am so wanting to know. I just have to get paid first, so that I can buy or collect masses amounts of food to do so. :)
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