Hello Brynn!

 Someone decided that they wanted to come early.  Brynn Hazel Roberts was born July 16th, 2012 at 12:24pm (as a successful VBAC!).  Weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and 19 3/4 in. And she is definitely going to be a Daddy's girl.

What is up with BLUE?

I have nothing against the color blue, actually it happens to be my favorite color and the color of my alma mater.  But who picks it to color the walls in their house?  The last two places we have lived have come with blue walls, and not a light blue, true blue.  This one was at least in the bedroom and could have been livable if we had a little boy, but we don't, so GOODBYE BLUE WALLS! Sorry Brad looks like we are going grey walls with lots of pastel pink in the room.

Pool Time

Yes it has been hot here.  I finally got a pool so that we can at least cool down in the backyard in the afternoons.  Luckily June is supposed to be the hottest month here, unlucky for me though is that I am still prego.

Apricot Jam

 So our new neighbor offered us some apricots from his apricot tree, when he brought them by he brought us a whole bag full of apricots.  As I was looking up recipes with apricots I decided that I would do my first try at canning (meaning first try ever).  I have always heard that jams where easy, and lets face it with Brad now started and no neighbors to socialize with all day I have lots of free time during Charly's nap.  So I went ahead and took the plunge. 

Here are the apricots that I started out with

Here they are after soaking in sugar for 2 hours as I start to cook them

And here they are in the jars that luckily sealed (I was afraid they wouldn't for a while)

And here is Charly's approval