Blackberry peach cobbler

Filling

1/4 cup sugar

3 chopped peaches

2 cups blackberries

1 tablespoon flour

Topping

2 cups baking mix

1/4 cup butter, melted

2/3 cup milk

3 tablespoons sugar

Preheat the oven to 400. In a baking dish mix peaches, blackberries, sugar and flour, set aside. In a bowl mix topping ingredients. Drop inch size balls of topping dough until the filling is covered. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly around the edges. Top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. 

Enjoy!

Family fun day in the mountains

At the beginning of the Summer we spent the day in the mountains near Detroit Lake scouting out our new camping spot. We are those crazy people whole look for the in-the-middle-of-no-where-with-no-running-water camping locations! It is the best!

Backyard Photo Shoot...

Happy Fourth of July!!

Spring Dance Recital

 Ahhh.....we can finally relax and begin to enjoy Summer! The last two weeks were full, FUN but FULL! They were filled with extra dance classes and dance pictures to prepare for the Spring Recital. I was SO very proud of my two dancers. :-) Here's a few pictures from Friday's rehearsal and Saturday's recital. 

 (Jilian is in the green tutu)

Summer Bucket List

Here's a mix of the girls' requests with our requests for a GREAT Summer!

1. Visit local parks that we rarely go to
2. Have a cupcake at our local cupcake shop
3. Make ice cream
4. Tie dye shirts
5. Berry picking
6. Visit the zoo
7. Visit the Children's Museum
8. Go to the farmer's market
9. Go camping
10. Visit the beach
11. Play at the water park
12. Have a backyard camp out
13. Make solar s'mores
14. Play!
15. Read
16. Ride a carousel 
17. Craft
18. Rest
19. Bake (Grace wants to do more on her own)
20. Go to concerts in the park
21. Swim
22. Play in the mountains
23. Have a picnic
24. Sidewalk chalk
25. Blow bubbles

'tis the season for strawberries!

Oh, yummy, yummy strawberries, one of the best treats of summer! 

Back when I was in college my friends (Hi Jamie :-) and I took cooking and baking classes for fun. It was a great way to forget about the stress of school, taste new foods and enjoy good company. My favorite class was a quick breads class. We learned how to make several quick breads and muffins. The most delicious recipe (my favorite of course!) is Narragansett Strawberry Bread. With strawberries just coming into season, this is the best time to make this seriously yummy bread! Enjoy!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 cups flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped strawberries
Milk, enough to make a stiff batter

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350. In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar until light. Add egg, flour, baking powder, cornmeal, salt, walnuts and enough milk to make a stiff batter. Gently fold in strawberries. Pour into an 8" or 9" baking lightly greased baking pan. Bake for 25 minutes or until an toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool before slicing.