Alan LOVES gooseberry pie and so this year, for Alan's 32nd birthday, I really wanted to make a gooseberry pie from scratch using Alan's great-grandmothers crust recipe. We filled that entire bowl below with gooseberries from our yard and John and I cut the stems off each end of every single berry! It actually was really fun to do that with him (rarely do I get him to sit for that long and spend time together:). I did okay, but my sweet mother in law Pat rescued me a couple times when I was unsure. What a blessing she is to me as I learn the ropes of growing food, canning, and making lots of yummy food with it! It had been a very stressful last month and so it was so nice to take some time to relax and celebrate his birthday with family and just hang out and enjoy the wonderful summer time!
Alan's parents got him the "Weed Dragon" to take out our never ending weeds!
Romeo and Juliet ........? so cute!
The next morning was Alan's actual birthday so the four of us got to celebrate for the rest of the weekend! We spent the day out on Greg and RaeJean's boat and enjoyed the sun and did a bit of wakeboarding and lots of swimming. We rode our bikes to church on Sunday and the boys all fell asleep...some inside and some outside;)
Ahhhh....the summertime breeze.....
notice John's black eye:(
Alan's parents got him the "Weed Dragon" to take out our never ending weeds!
Romeo and Juliet ........? so cute! The next morning was Alan's actual birthday so the four of us got to celebrate for the rest of the weekend! We spent the day out on Greg and RaeJean's boat and enjoyed the sun and did a bit of wakeboarding and lots of swimming. We rode our bikes to church on Sunday and the boys all fell asleep...some inside and some outside;) Ahhhh....the summertime breeze.....
7 comments:
Looks like a wonderful couple of days!
These are great pictures! I especially love the ones of you and Alan! I am so proud of you and always a bit envious of your little farm. (: Hee hee...I love you, my farm friend!!
Sounds like such a fun time! The pictures are great! You are all so cute!
Everyone looks so happy and what fun! I'm so hoping your toe is doing ok.
happy belated birthday to alan! i loved seeing all these fantastic photos, kelly. your family inspires me so much. sounds like an amazing weekend.
Kelly - I just came across your blog via Kristen Gough's. My husband, Zack, and I are friends of Alan from college (I also went to HS with him). We did meet you at Kristen & Kyle's wedding - but that was a loong time ago! Anyway, I look forward to keeping up on you family via your blog. Please tell Alan "HELLO!" from the Grices and tell him to check out our blog if he's interested.
Blessings - Rachel Grice
Kelly, great blog. Just started my own and it's fun to see what others are doing. Wonderful pictures and the boys look like they have such fun. Fun!! Look forward to seeing you soon. Hope you are well,
Sydney.
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