Girls Weekend

It was a Girl's Weekend. Friday, Shelby and I headed to Bethany's for dinner.She had prepared a fabulous dinner for the three of us. Chili served in homemade bread bowls, fresh cantaloupe and sauteed spinach with garlic, almonds and a raspberry balsamic vinegar.
Next we went to Mothers house for a visit with her and Aunt Betty.

Part of our visit included attending Callie's Bridal Shower. We had a great time visiting with family. We also feasted an incredible salad bar. Dessert included:

Randi's Lemon Cake decorated with fresh roses

and a Fudge Swirl cake surrounded by Kit Kat's prepared by one of Tim's sisters.

GRUBS! :(

A couple of weeks ago I looked out the kitchen and saw that one of the tomato plants looked thirsty. A bit odd since its our rainy season. I checked the soil and it was moist. Then the pepper plants next to it also started wilting. Randy checked the soil. It was moist. He then did a little digging and found GRUBS!!!! The creepy critters are eating the roots of my garden plants. Randy did some research and ordered beneficial nematodes. Microscopic organisms that eat the grubs. Sadly it takes two weeks for them to get here.

The destruction continues. Hopefully we will be able to save the summer garden. If not, we will treat the soil and get an early start on our winter garden.

It's a good thing that we enjoy Fried Green Tomatoes!

"Life will sometimes hand you a magical moment. Savor it."

(Life's Little Instruction Book #639)

One of those magical moments for me is music. I love the sound of live music. It's is so much better than listening to music on a stereo system. Morgan knows that music calms the "savage mom" and indulges my desire of calming music. Recently I watched the remake of Ice Castles. I asked Morgan if she would learn to play some of the music from the movie if I bought it. Thankfully she said, "YES".

Morgan is currently learning/playing Ice Castles by Hamlish, Pravane by Faure (both from the movie). Hymn 22-We Listen to a Prophet's Voice for ward choir (she is an accompanist) and February Song by Ondrasik, Groban & DeVries from one of her current favorite DVD's Awake Live.

Thanks for the music Morgan, I savor every magical moment!!!!!!!!

1000 words

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Cami's smile says it all!!!"The words could never show the you I've come to know"

Garden Play

We are truly enjoying our garden this year. Every Sunday I visit (check on) a homebound sister in our ward. The first time that I visited she asked me if I made soup. Good Soup? I responded that I did and she promptly asked if I would bring her some the next week. Sunday rolled around and I realized that I had promised to bring soup when I visited my new friend. Randy run out to the garden and pulled up a few carrots. I sauted some onion in butter, added diced carrots, simmered them in chicken stock. When the carrots were tender I pureed them in a blender and added milk. She LOVED the soup! Every Sunday I make another small batch of soup and go visiting. My friend is nearly ninety. She always tells me, "This is the best soup ever, grins, scrapes the bowl clean and licks the spoon clean! Our plum tree produced well this year. This week I made a plum pie. It was so good that I made another today! I also made jam.
A first for our garden this year is potatoes. Randy built a raised bed area and planted the potatoes.
Yesterday Randy dug up a few of the plants. The potatoes underneath were beautiful.
Last night for dinner Randy grilled chicken, summer squash (some from the garden and some from the store) and I made garden fresh buttered potatoes. What a feast!!!!!