Samuel's first swim meet

Samuel had his first swim meet this past Monday. He has worked really hard to get to this point. For his first meet he did well. There were a few bumps along the way but overall he was happy with how he did. One thing we did learn about swim meets is that they are HOT and LONG! But nonetheless it was a lot of fun to watch Samuel compete. His best finish was 3rd in freestyle relay.

For all the cooks out there....

Here are 2 GREAT websites I have recently found that I am super excited about trying new recipes from. One is Tasty Kitchen, and her original blog is called The Pioneer Woman. Here is the link www.thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/

And the next one is all about crock pots (or slow cookers as some call them). Seeing as we are always on the go, I am really excited about trying some of these out this week (and NO none of my recipes involve strawberries!!) The blog is called A Year of Slow Cooking

Happy cooking!

It's that time of year again. Strawberry season. We took a trip up to Huber's farm with our Woman's summer play group from church. It was a great time. I handed each of the kids a box and let them go in the field. I definitely underestimated just how many strawberries the five of us picked. So we have had strawberries coming out our ears! So what do you do with that many strawberries? What better way than to show you!! (and yes, if you look at my garbage bowl you will see that I was not meticulous in how I cleaned my strawberries- I am sure my mom and mom-in-law are having a fit about now- but when you have close to 18lbs of strawberries to clean you get a little careless!)