Jul. 11, 2008 - Our Week
I've been lagging in my posts here lately. We've been busy enjoying the last few weeks of our summer. We have about three more weeks until we start our schoolyear, so we're trying to make the most of it.
July 4th: We went down to the waterfront as usual. It was a rainy, humid night. The fireworks don't start until the concert on the other side of the river is done, which usually means the fireworks are delayed a bit. This year, however, things got out of hand. The concert ended VERY late, and the fireworks didn't begin until just after 11 p.m.!!!! Here are some pics from our night that seemed to go on f-o-r-e-v-e-r :
Our annual July 4th picture at the waterfront. The ground was soaked so I couldn't get them to sit there. This bench had a huge mud puddle in front of it, so I lifted each one on, then off, to get this drizzely shot:
This is what happens when you're subjected to water torture for hours while waiting for fireworks:
Finally, the rain stopped. But the only fireworks that were going off were brought from someone's home. We watched, wondering if this would be all we would see for tonight:
Finally, after we had hauled all of our things to the van, and began to buckle people in, the fireworks FINALLY began. We watched them while standing in the parking lot. Wahoo. Since we weren't able to do our puny fireworks after the "big show" on the fourth, this is what we did on the fifth:
He enjoyed himself. After two nights of staying up very late, they actally slept in on the sixth. I need to mark that in their baby books. That's monumental.
Later in the week, we were able to visit a farm with a small group of moms from our church to do a little fruit picking. It was hot and humid, as every summer day is around here, but we brought home what seemed like half the orchard. First up were peaches:
Mmmm, I can still smell them. So yummy. We picked quite a few and I'm still getting them processed for freezing. I found out recently that I can't can on my stove because it has a glass top. Until I figure out what to do about that, I'm "freezer canning". Basically, I'm doing the same thing I would do if canning, except I'm placing the fruit in freezer bags. Here's a very helpful link if you're interested: How to Can Anything.
We ate ice cream for lunch, yup that's right, I'm mom of the year for that one, then headed off to the blueberry patch. Here are my slaves . . . ummm darling children . . . hard at work:
We each had a bucked to see who could fill theirs the fastest. As I suspected, Little Monkey (6) gave up first, although he hung in for a whole lot longer than I thought he would! This one was sharing mommy's bucket. I had to take it away from him since he was eating the berries faster than I could pick them:
It's wonderful to go fruit picking here and be able to eat as you walk along, but I think Peanut (3) ate enough blueberries for six grown men. This is what happens when blueberry hysteria kicks in:
We ended up with about nine pounds of berries, and I don't even know how many pounds of peaches. The van smelled soooo wonderful on the way home! We were very weary, and I've been freezing fruit like crazy in the last couple of days. We had grilled peaches on Thursday night as a treat for all of our hard work that day. Yummy-licious!!!
Comments
Jul. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Hi Kathy,
I can't believe how big your boys are getting! One of these days I'm going to have to get you to teach me how to can! My mom did it years ago but I haven't yet ventured there... I have a glass top stove, too, but from what I've read you can can (???) on them as long as the pot isn't more than 1" bigger than the burner and the pot has an absolutely flat bottom (no ridges). Also, some of the nicer, heavier canners are too heavy for them.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer! I hope you are feeling better about what you are facing with your Big Man, too. Praying for you all!
Lisa French
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