Swimming

So we finally got Isabella's pool set up on our deck. Yes I said our deck. We rearranged our deck furniture so that there's more room for her to play out there anyways. But now a good chunk of that space is taken up with her inflatable pool. We set it up Monday night. She thought it was pretty cool, even before we put the water in.

Here she is standing in the pool while we were filling it up. Yes, her hair is wet, however, she'd just had a bath so it wasn't wet from the pool. She did end up with no shirt on because she was sitting on the seat in the pool and lost her balance. She didn't seem to mind that the water was freezing that evening. Luckily, our deck gets a lot of sun most of the day so it warmed up quickly the next day.



Here she is running out to the pool in her snazzy new swimsuit. Notice the swim shirt. We're all so stinkin' pale, its that much less skin we have to cover with sunscreen.



Hanging out in the pool with Daddy.

Isabella "singing"

So we finally got some video of Isabella "singing." Well, really she just does the motions while we sing. Its pretty funny. She kept wanting to watch herself on the video camera, so we had to hook it up to the TV so she could watch herself while we were taping. She thought that was pretty funny. I just sat next to the video camera and the TV so I didn't have to be in the shot. But here's some funny videos.

"Book of Mormon Stories"



"Itsy Bitsy Spider"



"Wheels on the Bus"



"If You're Happy and You Know It"

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.