Water Fight!

 I started a water fight the other day. We had so much fun! Jane was down for a nap when we started but woke up and I had her in my arms during the water fight. She enjoyed it, until she got a face full of cold water. I had to leave the fight at that point and decided to get the camera out.

 I love this picture cause you can see the water coming down on Jacob but Jacob had no idea what was coming!

They loved getting Kendall wet! It was a fun afternoon as a family!

Please pass the peas, please!

 We went to the garden on Saturday to pick some peas. Kendall grabbed a 6 gallon bucket and asked me if I thought we would be able to fill it. I thought it would happen and boy was I right!

 We picked about 10 gallons of peas! We figure we can get another 2 or 3 harvests of the same amount! The kids had so much fun picking that morning and it was fun to hear their little comments while picking. Jane was evening getting into it. I had her on my back in the carrier and as I was picking she would reach out and pick a pea pod off the plant and start munching on it. When I put her down she would follow the bucket around and steal the peas and eat them.

 When we got home we dumped the peas on the table and the kids were super excited to see the fruit of their labor.

 And Jane was just excited to see so many peas in one place!

 We got right to work getting all the peas out of those pods. All the kids helped with this and we got the peas shelled in an hour. It's amazing how quickly the work goes when you have lots of hands willing to help.

The peas all ready to be blanched and then frozen. We have never grown enough peas to put any away for the winter so it was fun to do something new for home storage.