filling our pantry

It's been a busy summer around here as we've worked hard to fill our pantry and freezer with as much produce as possible! The left side is this year's produce, and the right what remains of last year's.

Here's what we've canned so far:

- rhubarb-strawberry jam

- blueberry jam

- pickled hot peppers

- pickled onions

- squash/onion relish

- mustard beans

- dilly beans

- bread and butter pickles

- pickled beets

- beet relish

- green beans

- marinara sauce

- corn salsa

- peaches

- sauerkraut

- grape jelly

And we've frozen:

- strawberries

- blueberries

- raspberries

- blueberry jam

- onions

- zucchini

- fajita packets (peppers & onions)

- corn

- pizza sauce

There's still so much left to do before the season's end, but it feels good to have all this food prepped for the upcoming winter!

summer day at the lake.

Our dear friends Kyle and Michal invited us to spend the day at their family's lake house this past Saturday.  It was a wonderfully relaxing day spent with great friends!

Caleb enjoyed hours of fun with his buddies (yes, they're all girls!).

The rain held off until nap time and cleared up just in time for all the kiddos to wake up well rested!!

We even got to enjoy a boat ride around the lake, Caleb's first!!  He definitely wasn't a fan of the life vest though!

 Thank you, friends, for such an awesome day!!!

first swim.

It was 87 degrees today!

So we busted out the swimming pool I bought on clearance last fall for a whole $2.50!!

Though Caleb wasn't too interested in "swimming" in the pool...the water was pretty cold...he did have a great time splashing in the water and crawling in and out of the pool!

We spent nearly two hours splashing and exploring the yard.

Our time outside would not have been complete without a little leaf eating and stick tug-o-war with Maggie!

Hope you enjoyed the lovely spring summer weather today!