Strawberry jam

The jam is all done. So after everything, I have 7 quarts of whole strawberries in the freezer, 8-8oz jars of cooked jelly, and 6-16oz and 1-8oz jars of freezer jam. Not too shabby considering a number of strawberries did not make it. They were so ripe that by the time I could do anything with them, they were too soft and mushy.

I have to say, I'm sure my mother laughs every time she hears about us canning/preserving anything. She did a lot of it when we were kids and I think we all helped at times. I'm not saying we always helped willingly, which is why she's probably laughing at us now. I love you Mom for teaching us how to do all this "old fashioned" home making stuff.

Strawberry picking continued

Here's the rest of the pictures from Berry Picking. Enjoy!

Strawberries!

So we went strawberry picking today. It was quite fun. We were very lucky with the weather. It was about 80 degrees, gorgeous, and we even had a nice breeze. It was fun. Isabella had a ball. We think she probably ate a pound and a half of strawberries while we were picking. She had fun watching the tractors too. Linda picked just over 11 pounds of strawberries. Ken and I (and maybe a bit from Isabella) picked almost 22 pounds worth. I'll be spending the next few days hulling & freezing whole strawberries and making some jam too. Here's a few pictures from our day.


Sitting on Aunt Linda's lap on the hayride to the strawberry fields.


Taking a break with preggo mommy. Can you tell what I've been doing by the stains on my shirt?


Sitting all by myself on the hayride back to the parking area.

Thank You Soldiers

I have been remiss this week is expressing my thanks to all those who currently serve or who have served in our military protecting those freedoms that we all so enjoy. I greatly appreciate all that those in our Armed Forces, past and present, do for us.


Our Memorial Day was spent rather quietly. Unfortunately, Ken had to work, but Isabella and I joined my sisters and my brother-in-law for dinner. Ken was however off of work yesterday. We enjoyed a nice trip to Costco to get a new mattress. Our was horrendous! So we got one of those Memory Foam mattresses (not just the topper). So far its really nice. We'll see after a couple days of getting used to it. Isabella was fine all day and then last night about dinnertime, she ended up sick. She was sick a few more times and then just ran a fever all night and most of the morning. Her fever finally broke today while she was taking a nap. She's been in a good mood and playing well since she woke up. Thank goodness!! When she has been feeling okay, she makes us sing with her. Her favorites include The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Patty Cake, Book of Mormon Stories, and Once There Was a Snowman. We'll have to get some videos of her doing these later. Its pretty funny. The only problem is that we have to sing them about a billion times. If we're lucky, we can distract her with something else so that we only sing them a million times.

And sorry, no pictures today. Maybe I'll have some more pictures and videos later in the week.

We're having a boy...

Yep, that's right we're having a boy. Here's some baby pictures: