Blueberry Jam Season!

Okay, we want to move closer to family, but....there are good things in New Jersey. Like picking blueberries at the local farms. The blueberries taste a whole lot better when you know a cute little boy picked them.



We took them home and mashed every one with our little thumbs. The kids love this part.


Then we cooked it and added our secret ingredients (sure jell and sugar)!


Carefully poured it into our sterile hot jars. Note: the handy funnel, no fancy tools.


Walaah...Blueberry Jam.


The time spent on the computer is brought to you by Jaida Ivins. She is dressing the baby and helped with the Jam. Kaylin helped smash and pick and Landon helped pick the berries. I am not sure what Erman and Isaac did? We find what we can love about New Jersey, the Garden state and the most corrupt state in the country. Last Thursday, the FBI nabbed 44 people in a massive corruption-money laundering-organ trafficking scandal. Yes, you heard that right.

Nine Children wouldn't be that bad?

Maybe I thought that for 1 day. But Mr. Apache man seemed to find some ZZ's amongst all the joyous voices of tattle-taling and "I'm hungry". We could not round up 38 children to duplicate the Urmston family reunion. I will face the facts and fly to CA next year for that.

Happy 4th of July (late)

It was a fun 4th. We went to the parade and Isaac marched with the color guard. We had a BBQ and had fun. We invited all the family, but no one showed up? I haven't gotten the pitures of Isaac on the computer yet. The pictures I did get were the "Marlton Sons of Italy" in the car and the "Philadelphia Mummers". We have yet to see a Mummer's Parade in Philly with 10,000 marchers to ring in the New Year. It seems to be a big tradition for Phillians. Maybe one day we will see the mummers. But, I think I'd rather go to a Pow Wow.