September in the Garden 2010

This giant squash just keeps on growing. I don't like it because it is the prickeriest squash ever. You need heavy gloves to harvest because the little stickers are all over the outside of the squash. I've let many of them go instead of picking them and they're huge.Apples are looking very nice and very wormy - will be making apple crisp soon. The tomatoes are finally going and I have so many I don't know what to do with them. The Sungolds continue to astound everyone who tastes them.
Still sunflowers - these seeds didn't get going until late in June - the bees love them!

August 2010 - Boating and Hiking

Jim, Gregor, Scott and the scouts went to Zion's National Monument to hike the slot canyons.

Wind and water have formed these amazing mazes in the rock over eons of time. Best trip ever!

Sydney went to the Delta for a week on the cat with Mylaela and the Tzortzis family.

July in the Garden - SUNFLOWERS!!

June 2010 Girls Camp

Jim, Gregor and Sydney went to girls camp with the 5th years. Rappelling on China Wall at Donner Lake.

Gregor Peirce - Surf Safari Attempt

June in the Garden 2010

A very large carrot

Berry season! Last fall was our first season of berries - no production the first year but this year we have harvested enough to eat and freeze 1 bag per week. There are Loganberries (thornless) and thornless Blackberries. We experimented with strawberries at the base of the plum tree - water the tree and the berries at the same time - and they seem pretty happy so I'll probably do strawberries around 1 more tree and garlic around the rest to protect from bad boaring bugs. I pick enough berries to eat and cover 1 cookie sheet - wash and dry - put on the cookie sheet in one layer in the freezer overnight and transfer to plastic freezer baggies. My favorite thing to make is berry/peach crisp - the peaches make it less intense/acidic - I think.

Blackberry
Loganberry
Strawberries under the plum tree

Mostly blackberries today - the loganberries seem to ripen sooner.

Memorial Day 2010

FAILED SURF SAFARI ATTEMPT

We went to Stinson and Gregor attempted Surf Safari 3 times - fell in the same place each time.

BUT, the weather was perfect and the video was so cool that I am putting it on the blog because when he ends up sending it on June 21 no one is there to film.

http://www.youtube.com/user/jimpeirce#p/a/u/0/ULTRX7h2-pA

June 14, 2010 MISSION CALL!!

Tonight we all gathered for the opening of Scott's mission call - SOUTH AFRICA, DURBAN

I thought he was going to Arkansas because the Stevensons pulled this huge prank on me and on Friday Dave told me "Congratulations on Arkansas" and I believed him - then they even went so far as to forge a letter that Scott strategically left on our kitchen table 3 days later that said he had been called to Arkansas. Scott waited 5 WHOLE DAYS to open it - went up to the temple by himself tonight - what a great idea! Then he came home and we all gathered at 10:00 pm and he read it to us - Cade, Morgan, me, Jim, Gregor, Syd, The Stevenson family, Tanner and Danny and Kevin some girls from the singles ward and Kelly Holt. It was all good.

June 2010 Gregor's Graduation

Gregor graduated from Campo but couldn't go to the graduation ceremony or grad night because he was in Oregon climbing at divisionals (2nd place) so these are pictures of Baccalaureate?? (sp - no time to look it up)

Cameron Bell, Gregor and Riley Stevenson

May 2010 - Scouts and Swimming

Scott ends his college swimming career with DVC at the State Championships in Pomona, CA


Rossin West, Cameron Bell, Kurt Linderman, James Dawson, Rile Stevenson, Gregor Peirce

Gregor and 5 of his friends all received their Eagle Award at the same time.

March 2010 - Grandparents!!

Kristin and the boys came to Sacramento so that Jim could give baby David a blessing. After church we all had dinner with Kristin's family and our family. This is the first time we have ever all been together! It was a great day!!

February 2010

KC comes to visit. Sydney skips out on school to go to SF.