My little peach pie bakers!

Last weekend we made a peach pie with the last of our peaches from our tree. The boys really wanted to help out. They were great pie makers!

Cutting the peaches

Filling the pie

It's almost ready to go in the oven

Yum, pie! (And in the background are the peaches I canned)

Mmmmm. . . licking the bowl is the best part!

So happy we are able to eat from our yard

Dan, I am jealous of all your bountiful gardening, so I am showing off some of our stuff. I'm so happy our peaches came in. We got a good amount and they are big, sweet, and juicy. We also have had some artichokes and green beans from our garden in recent dinners. Now we're waiting on the grapes. Yum!

Yummy artichokes!

Peaches

Peaches!!!

Tristan likes to help

Green beans

Last trip of the summer

School starts next week, so this past weekend we had our last little mini vacation of the summer. We took off Friday and headed to Santa Cruz for a couple nights camping in the redwoods. The kids weren't excited about the three hour car ride so we stopped off at the Jelly Belly factory for a little tour (and some free samples, of course).

Jelly Belly Candy Co. - It's the Jelly Belly Slug Bug!

Jelly Belly funny mirror

We had to put on hats for our factory tour.

We got the tent up

The funny tree at our campsite

Hiking through the forest

My favorite trees - California Redwoods

The Mystery Spot

Tristan standing at the famous 17 degree lean

JR standing crooked at the Mystery Spot

Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. This skyglider ride was high and scary since Tristan, JR, and I could have easily slipped through the lap bar that was supposed to hold us in, but it was a great view.

JR and his carnival prize - "snaky"

The boys on the Tilt-a-Whirl

Tristan and me on the Starfish ride

Tristan getting his feet wet at the beach

The gorgeous view from just behind our campsite