My Toad Hunter

Sylvia had a very fun weekend with her 2nd cousins. She stayed down at my grandparents for most of the weekend. One day we went to Cordova Park and she ran up this very tall tower three times while the rest of us walked up once. Cause you know who has that much energy but a ten year old!

They also played outside and caught toads, both in the backyard and by the river. There were toads everywhere. In a baby pool, in a bucket, in the house.... no one really wanted them in the house. Two of the toads they found where mutated. One was born without a foot and the other had only one eye.

Sylvia, the Toad Catcher.Sylvia, Carrie,Micheal and KellySylvia and her PrinceSylvia and her great grandfather

"Umm, excuse me, I think these are your toads!"

Food and Family

This weekend my Aunt Cathy and her two kids, Micheal and Kelly came from Olympia, Washington. I always love having them here,it's nice to hear about what's happening in their lives and see how big my cousins are getting(they are around Sylvia's age). The best part though is my Aunt's cooking. The first night we went to my grandparent's she whipped up some stuffed zucchinis. Really, she was quick about it. One minute she was like"We should use those large zucchinis in something, maybe I will stuff them" the next thing I know she'd rummaged through the fridge and put together one of the best zucchini meals I've ever had. She continued to wow us with salsas and muffins and salads. Then when we went down on labor day she and I made this....

We dived into this delicious blueberry and pecan crumble after we ate some fresh caught bass that my grandma deep fried for us and served with home fries and pickled cucumbers. I love holidays.

Jasper and I picked the last of the berries from my grandparent's bushes while we were there (I put some around the blueberry crumble in the picture).

Jasper was a trooper, he only ate a handful! We took them home to make smoothies and muffins with .