I hope everyone has been having a great summer so far. We have been busy here on the farm. I wanted to update you on what we’ve been up to the last couple of weeks!
My sister, her husband and my nephew came to visit for the Fourth of July. When they first arrived we hosted a 40th birthday party for my brother-in-law. It was a fun gathering with a nice appetizer hour, delicious buffet and a red velvet cake for dessert. We then had a great Fourth filled with tons of great food, amazing friends and a pretty spectacular fireworks show. The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday and we always go all out. I’ve been experimenting with decorated sugar cookies and I feel like these came out pretty well!
We have been getting a ton of tomatoes from our garden and decided to make several batches of marinara. We are hoping to make plenty to last us throughout the year until next summer. We always share our jars of marinara with friends and family as well so we need to make a lot. Hopefully we will continue to get a steady supply. We also planted pumpkins this last weekend and will be keeping eye out for them this fall. We will update you on how those go and how you can use them in various ways.
One day I got a wild hair and decided I wanted to try my hand at some cinnamon rolls. I’ve never made cinnamon rolls from scratch and thought they would be delicious and a nice challenge. For my first attempt they turned out really well. I’ll have to do a future post to share the recipe with you all.
So far the first half of the summer has been busy and full of fun. We are looking forward to the rest of the summer. We just had a family friend drop off a ton of peaches. Next week we’ll let you know how we use them up. Here’s to the dog days of summer and making plenty more memories!
-Cristie
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