Beach Fun

So here it is Wednesday...already! We decided to go to the beach on our last week before school starts, and we have had a great time.

Our house here is GREAT I want to live here, when we got here Caleb went exploring the house and just kept saying "this house is amazing" It is 3 stories with enclosed porches on each level-I'm impressed!

Caleb and Ella love the beach although, Ella gets ready to go home before Caleb. We have been out on the beach every day except yesterday, we took the kids to a water park. Caleb loved the water slides and took me down one, he kept saying "it's ok mom, it's not scary!" We are having a great time.

Peaches for me

OK we all know the song so sing along...Million of peaches, peaches for me. Millions of peaches, peaches for free. (play song 1 while you read this)


For the past few weeks all I can think about is peaches I have desired the sweet, juicy, summer ripened fruit. How do I like my peaches....right out of hand, baked into a pie, folded into homemade icecream but this weekend I opted for a cobbler. I made a peach and blueberry cobbler, the pictures can not catch the lightness of the cake, the sweetness of the peaches or the yumminess of how great it was. On a HOT and HUMID summer night a big bowl of cobbler topped with icecream made the perfect dinner!

HOMO milk

Ok if gas prices go up a few cents everyone gets up in arms...news stories, maps to track the cheapest gas in your area, everyone upset about it, etc...

But has anyone noticed or mentioned MILK prices, what is going on? Why is milk suddenly over $5 a gallon? At Wal-Mart yesterday it was $5.28 for name brand milk and $4.58 for the HOMO milk. But with this sudden jump in prices you never hear a word...what's the deal? Milk has now become a major part of our food budget. When will it stop? But yet all reports say this is not inflation...tell it to someone else!

Had to use that title to get attention, once again sorry if you found this by accident and were not looking for a mom's ranting on milk prices:)

New Blog

I am addicted to food blogs, they are just soo much fun. So I have started a blog dedicated to the world of food and my place in that world.

I hope it will be informative and fun. Plus all my baking menus will be posed there.

Check it soon and often
http://pamelaskitchen.blogspot.com/

The Bounty of our Garden

This year our garden did not do so well between the drought and a serious lack of "something" in our soil we did not get a whole lot. Our tomatoes did well as did the beets, carrots, peppers and a random pumpkin Caleb planted, I think we are a bit out of season I think beets should be early spring or fall.

I think with the tomatoes I am going to smoke dry them, just for fun. As I use the other things I will let you know how it goes.

So now it is clean up time and we will get ready to plant again...maybe the next garden will go a little better.