July 2009

This month we have...

played with blocks

& animals

& enjoyed God's creation.

The kids held farm animals

and Cameron balanced them on his shoulders

& cuddled adorable yellow ducks

and held the cutest baby goats.

Dressed up as Super heroes... I think he is Spider Jones.

Took naps

Celebrated July 4th

Played in the water

& more water

& more water...what feels better than cold refreshing water on a dry, hot day?

Cameron also took his first swimming lessons & now swims like a little fish. :-)

It's been a busy month... I am ready for the homeschooling year to begin so hopefully we can

S L O W down. :-)

Plums

Beautiful & delicious plums!

I love this jar....so cute!!

A man that my husband knows let a dear friend & me come to his house and pick all the plums we wanted for FREE! We didn't really know what to expect...if there would be a few dozen or tons of them. When we got there he told us we could pick from 2 of the trees that were the fullest...and we loaded up. We both came back with HUNDREDS of delicious plums and have been up to our eyeballs in work trying to preserve these things the past 2 days. So far I have put up about 32 cups of plums for pies, made 40 oz of freezer jam, about 3 quarts of regular jam, a large container of juice & a plum pie! I gave some away & I still have a large bowl left that I am trying to decide what to do with .He also gave us a sack of peaches each and I am looking forward to making some tasty jam from those! Thank-you Lord for giving me such a delicious blessing!