Our summer

We’ve been having an amazing summer! We’ve had friends visiting from NY, my parents came from Maryland to set up their new home, we went to the lake house in Minnesota and are finally starting our kitchen renovation. Alicia and Brian threw us a wonderful baby shower while my parents were here. I’ve been working a few days a week at the farm stand, keeping our fridge and bellies stocked with fresh produce. We get 6 or 7 eggs a day from our hens. We’ve been making fresh mayonnaise and omelets and breakfast burritos. It’s been busy and great. The garden is flourishing, and I’m trying my hand at preserving all this great food. I’ve canned tomatoes, apricot jam, blackberry jelly and currant syrup. It was supposed to be jelly, but something went awry. I also froze a million blueberries, shredded zucchini and roasted tomatoes. Stocking up for the long hard winter 🙂

Oh. And C put in a pool. He says I asked for it. I recall mentioning that Camano Island has a country club with a nice pool and maybe we should check it out. Then the Amazon boxes started arriving… I have been enjoying it more than anyone. The floaty to floater ratio is a little high, so come on over!

Harvested lavender

Harvested lavender

Three! These were all shredded and made into zucchini pancakes.

Three! These were all shredded and made into zucchini pancakes.

Free ranging chickens

Free ranging chickens

C fixing the Lawn Chief. Again.

C fixing the Lawn Chief. Again.

The Hammerichs

The Hammerichs

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Refreshing!

Refreshing!

Wonderful baby shower at Alicia's

Wonderful baby shower at Alicia’s

Perfectly painted bibs and onesies

Perfectly painted bibs and onesies

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Baby (almost) On Board!

Baby (almost) On Board!

22 weeks!

22 weeks!

Just a couple guys and a dog

Just a couple guys and a dog

24 weeks!

24 weeks!

Now that's a zucchini!

Now that’s a zucchini!

These guys asked us if they could photo bomb. Oh, Seattle...

These guys asked us if they could photo bomb. Oh, Seattle…

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"I can see Seattle!"

“I can see Seattle!”

Josie loves planes, air shows, lollipops and posing for photos. Not in that order.

Josie loves planes, air shows, lollipops and posing for photos. Not in that order.

28 weeks!

28 weeks!

Blush currants boiling away

Blush currants boiling away

Teeny tiny watermelon. Not sweet, but watermelony and wasn't going to get bigger or riper, so we thought we'd give it a try.

Teeny tiny watermelon. Not sweet, but watermelony and wasn’t going to get bigger or riper, so we thought we’d give it a try.

Oysters on the water

Oysters on the water

Glucose screening in one of the birthing rooms at our birth center. Bottoms up! (funny for all scenarios!)

Glucose screening in one of the birthing rooms at our birth center. Bottoms up! (funny for all scenarios!)

South Lake Union Block Party!

South Lake Union Block Party!

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