I also made scrapbook pages of the pictures of Alec & Emma, sorry for the repeat!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sounders Game
After we got back from Priest Lake, Andrew and I got to go to a Sounders Game with my family. It was a fun new thing to try! Here are a few pictures...I am trying out my new scrapbooking program!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Alec & Emma
This is just a little bit of a brag session, about my talented husband and good looking siblings. I love them all so please excuse me for a minute.
One of the perks of Andrew's new camera is that he can be convinced to take pictures for people. He was kind enough to take Alec and Emma's back to school pictures this year. I think they turned out great. The pictures are good and he was able to catch their personalities. I can't believe how big and grown up these two are getting! You guys look great!
So I just picked a "few" of my favorites, there were lots of good ones. Here's Alec!
And Emma Jane!
And Andrew caught a good one of me as I was demonstrating how to pose, thanks Andrew! The photos are great!
One of the perks of Andrew's new camera is that he can be convinced to take pictures for people. He was kind enough to take Alec and Emma's back to school pictures this year. I think they turned out great. The pictures are good and he was able to catch their personalities. I can't believe how big and grown up these two are getting! You guys look great!
So I just picked a "few" of my favorites, there were lots of good ones. Here's Alec!
And Emma Jane!
And Andrew caught a good one of me as I was demonstrating how to pose, thanks Andrew! The photos are great!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Kittens!
Here are some more pictures of Emma's kittens! They should be ready to go around the 20th, let me know if you are interested and we will figure out a way to get one (or two) to you! Kittens come litter box trained!
Canning Peaches
So we have a very neglected peach tree in our yard. And when we got back from Priest Lake all of the peaches were getting ripe. Like falling off ripe. Little problem, we couldn't get to the peaches because there were too many blackberry bushes. So that same day we got back, we did a little bit of yard work. It looked like this:
Those big piles are blackberry bushes.
It looked like this at the end. Not beautiful, but much better. At least enough that we could get to the tree.
After we regained some of our energy and motivation, we decided to try canning. For the first time ever. These are all of our peaches. They weren't really in the best condition, some were too ripe and some weren't quite ripe enough. They taste great, but the canning doesn't look so hot. But here are some pictures of our first peach harvest, pre-canning.
A week later, after we went down for Josh's memorial run, my mom kindly gave us some peaches and nectarines and we tried canning again. This time it went much smoother. Here are some pictures from that process.
I think we are finally starting to get it down. Maybe next year we will branch out and try some veggies. All of that work with peaches was in less than 10 days. Needless to say I was a little sick of peaches. We have also been freezing peaches, blackberries, and blueberries and we just tried drying apple chips. Big steps for us!
P.S. And yes, I just started teaching. The kids are great, the school is great, it is all going wonderfully. But I'm busy, so if I don't stay caught up, don't be surprised.
Those big piles are blackberry bushes.
It looked like this at the end. Not beautiful, but much better. At least enough that we could get to the tree.After we regained some of our energy and motivation, we decided to try canning. For the first time ever. These are all of our peaches. They weren't really in the best condition, some were too ripe and some weren't quite ripe enough. They taste great, but the canning doesn't look so hot. But here are some pictures of our first peach harvest, pre-canning.
A week later, after we went down for Josh's memorial run, my mom kindly gave us some peaches and nectarines and we tried canning again. This time it went much smoother. Here are some pictures from that process.
I think we are finally starting to get it down. Maybe next year we will branch out and try some veggies. All of that work with peaches was in less than 10 days. Needless to say I was a little sick of peaches. We have also been freezing peaches, blackberries, and blueberries and we just tried drying apple chips. Big steps for us!P.S. And yes, I just started teaching. The kids are great, the school is great, it is all going wonderfully. But I'm busy, so if I don't stay caught up, don't be surprised.
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