Friday, July 31, 2009

apriCOTS & TOTS!

Our Adventures in Apricots!





We felt one with nature as we harvested the apricots from our tree.


Step 1. Picking the apricots


Step 2. Washing and pitting the apricots

We had quite the fun little group of helpers!


Milly & Sophi were hard little workers when it came to pitting the apricots!
Sophi would not back down- she worked till the job was done:




Step 3. DOinG SoMethINg with the apricots...

*Homemade Fruit Leather:


Puree them, and pour them on a black garbage bag to dry out in the sun (& we covered ours to keep the bugs out)



*We thought we'd get creative & hang dry some Apricots:


*Then we decided to get REAL domestic & Bake some in the Solar Oven:


*Dried Apricots in a Dryer:
BEAUTIFUL!

*Or just make some Apricot Jam?!


To sum it all up, this Apricot Adventure with our kids all sounded real fun, but by the end, it really ended up being the PITS...

THE END!!!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Photo Shoot with Grandma!

So, I realized I that I have only ever posted these picts on my facebook, and not my blog yet... These are some of the amazingly darling photo's Steve's mom took. She is super talented. I loved these pictures & wanted to share them with my fellow bloggers!

Rylee Jo

Amelia

Sisters:


Match-Matching, even with their dolly's!









And our Beautiful Princess, quite the dramatic photo... LOVE IT!