Last Saturday we took our annual trip to Cranes and picked apples...
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Apples...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
helpers...
Many hands do make light work! We froze umpteen bags of blueberries, and corn. I also tried my hand at canning pickles, and blackberry freezer jam. My mom and Grama came and helped us earlier this summer to make strawberry freezer jam. I plan to do peaches and applesauce yet too. Then we should be all set, for a while I guess, or maybe not, these kids can eat! I shudder to think of our grocery bill in a few short years!
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Salsa...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Peaches!
Look at all those peaches! No, I did not do them all by myself, in fact I did very little! My Mom and Grama came up and they peeled and sliced them, I was in charge of the syrup and the canner. I did make a couple batches of peach jam all by my big girl self though!
35 quarts of peaches, and 2 batches of jam! YAY! I am so glad that is done! I don't mind canning since I always have Mom and Grama to help me, if I had to do it myself, it may not get done! It is fun to have all 4 generations in the kitchen working hard (they work harder than I do, because of that 4th generation!) Fun wonderful memories!
I received some spools of ribbon from a friend as part of Anaya's baby gift, and look at what I made!(yes, all by my big girl self!) It isn't perfect, like the one I got for a gift, but it works for Anaya's hair. I can't wait to get more ribbon and make some more!
Well, even with all of the peaches and bow making, I managed to do two partial days of school. At one point I was trying to teach the 3 older boys something (?) while Anaya stood with her face pressed against the glass door screaming away, I was trying to press on with my last bit of instruction when the boys all started laughing and asking if they could go pick her up! So I still have to figure out how to keep her from stealing the show, but all in all it went rather well!
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