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Prickles
Remember this guy?
He's still alive and kicking and cute as ever.



Kumquat Mania

Professor Lahti, from AWC, wanted to share kumquats from her parents' tree, or at least wanted to get rid of them. Being an optimal forager, Kevin expressed interest and we ended up with a large paper grocery bag full of them! The fruit has a interesting flavor, with the peel being sweet and the inner part being sour. You can just pop a kumquat in your mouth, chew it up, and swallow it--that's Kevin's preferred way to eat them. April, on the other hand, didn't think we could eat an entire bag's worth before they spoiled so she made some delicious Kumquat-Orange Marmalade and some Gourmet Kumquat Cookies (but we didn't take photos of those). Kevin also made Orange-Kumquat Chicken that we all liked, but the children picked out all the kumquats (go figure). We're looking forward to next year's kumquat season!

 

 Germination Experimentation

Ian wants to grow some new trees, so he's been saving seeds, reading up about them on the internet, and trying to germinate them. Here is his mango tree start. He told me that we'll have a producing mango tree within 8 years!

 

More Scorpion Cupcakes!

Last year's field crew appreciated April's efforts to utilize scorpions in her baking, so when Mickey's birthday came around again this year, he got some specialty homemade cupcakes, complete with baked scorpions on top! The new field crew was a tad hesitant to try them, but most of them did.

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The Rest of March

Mid-Semester Piano Recital

held at the Gloria de Cristo Lutheran Church in Foothills

(with a REALLY great baby grand piano)

Megan played Etude No. 9 in F minor by F. Chopin

Ian played Invention No. 1 by J.S. Bach

Napping House

Apparently our house is a good place in which to nap 

(or maybe it's just an extremely boring place to be).

Dallin naps rarely anymore, but this time he napped with Zach.

Canning Chicken

 Chicken was on sale, so we stocked up and bottled several pints.

Budding Artist

 Dallin spent a long time gluing animals on his picture.

It is now hanging on our fridge.

Seminary Class

 This is Megan's early-morning seminary class.

Their wonderful teacher, Sister Hatch, decided to move to Utah, so they

took a photo and made her a fun "thank you" card before her departure.

New Yard Visitor

This cattle egret has been visiting our yard and other yards on our street the past several days.

Zach saw it catch and swallow a pocket gopher in his yard!