Happy 7th Anniversary!

Today we have been married for SEVEN years. Time sure flies. We had a romantic getaway on Friday. We went to a lovely Argentine restaurant for dinner. The food was amazing especially the empanadas. The service was superb. I didn't finish all of my crab bisque and one of the waiters noticed and informed my waitress. She asked if I didn't like the soup; I was just saving room for the entree. We stayed at a themed hotel. Our room was the Buckingham room as in the palace. We loved it. It even came with free breakfast. What a deal.

My wonderful husband and I. Sometimes I wonder how he puts up with me. I guess it's love.

Here is our beautiful library/breakfast room with a secret passage . . .

which led to our bedroom. One couple wrote in the guest journal that it took them awhile to figure out how to get to the bedroom.

Our not to comfy bed.

And the lovely jacuzzi bath with light show.

Canning food is fun to do!

Last weekend we went to a local farm to pick peaches and only peaches. We came home with peaches, blackberries, corn, cantaloupe and watermelon. The blackberries we picked were so huge, sweet and ripe. So yummy. We ate peaches and blackberries with everything, but didn't make a dent in them. So we froze the blackberries and peaches that we couldn't eat. I made my mom's Raspberries Peach Jam with some of the fresh peaches. From our garden we froze some green beans and made some dill pickles. Hopefully when our tomatoes finally turn red, we can can some of them too. This was our first year canning and I was so nervous for everything to turn out. Hopefully we did it right. Jim was a great help. In fact he was more excited about canning then I was. I love my husband.

Greek Cuisine

In our quest to cook from scratch, we have been trying new recipes, even foreign foods. Last night we made Madeline's (my sweet stepmom) Baklava. It turned out so good. In fact it was yumo. I would have taken a picture, but it is already half gone. We also made a Greek salad recipe from my friend Melissa and a Gyro recipe I found on line. The food was great. We had the sister missionaries over for dinner as our guinea pigs. They seemed to like it too.

Oh Babies!

Recently at craft group, we have been making baby hats. Here is my first one. So adorable. I already have plans to make more. Man I love to crochet.