Good Neighbors

Summer is zooming by and as you can tell, the kids have had fun swimming.
We had a wonderful surprise today. Our neighbors stopped by and blessed us with a large amount of beautiful strawberries! One of their relatives brought them from California. The kids were eating them like candy. I'll be making freezer jam in the morning. If there are any left! : )

OOPS!

I had such grand ideas for our Monday morning. I went to the orchard to get Red Haven peaches and some more blackberries. I came home and started cutting a few slices for the kids. I wanted to try out a cobbler recipe I found in a magazine. Using one of my fairly new Kitchen-aid paring knives, I cut my left index finger. Long story short, four stitches and five hours later, it made for a long day.