Tucker!

Our family has added another four-legged wonder :)

Meet Tucker.  He's a great dane pup.  Such a sweetheart (and a sissy), but we love him!

(9.5 weeks in this picture.... 19.4 lbs)

Look at those paws!

(10 weeks, 25 lbs = growing like a weed!)

Martha Stewart, Eat Your Heart Out....

So unemployment has led to a lot of gardening, canning and baking. 

Froze 15 cups of shredded zucchini

 Baked Grandma Ruth's famous jam filled cookies.  Yum!

Picked peaches with the family (and Cameron... more on that later!)

Cold Packed Peaches

Hot Packed Peaches (think I prefer these...)

And, because the girls asked for them-- Sweet Pickle Slices!

Later this week we're making our first batch of salsa for the year.  We've had so many tomatoes and there are so many more that will be ripe soon :)

Cucumbers Attack

We had a gigantic bowl of cucumbers and I had to do something with them.  Made six jars of pickles and seven jars of relish.  I'm hoping that they all turn out alright (and have been told from last year's pickling that my pickles turn out quite well).  Who knows.  All I know is that I'm excited-- our tomatoes are starting to ripen and that leads to salsa time!