Just Plum Fun

What do you do when a friend blesses you with lots and lots of plums??????

You make plum jam, of course!






Plum Jam

3 lbs. of plums
1/2 cup water
1 T. lemon juice
8 cups sugar
1 pkg. pectin (3 oz.)

Cut plums up and remove stones. Put plums, water and lemon juice in large sauce pot and bring to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, reduce heat and simmer until fruit is tender, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, start preparing jars. Heat them in a large pot of water.

After the plums are tender, stir in sugar. Bring to a boil and continue to stir. Once it boils, reduce heat and cook until sugar is dissolved. Add pectin and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and pour in hot jars. Process jars in a water bath for 10 minutes.




I also got in a little sewing this weekend. I made these flip flops before my machine decided to give me trouble. It's headed to the shop tomorrow for a tune up. I've been putting off it's yearly check up and now it has to go in. Hopefully they won't keep it too long, because I've got lots of ideas of things to make. If they keep it very long, I'll probably forget all the great creative things I've been planning.

Say Cheese

Have you ever tried getting that perfect picture???? Taking good pictures has never been easy for Mike and myself. We are just not very photogenic!!!! And then try to add 4 precious grandchildren in the picture and what do you get??? Chaos! You have all the people behind the camera yelling and trying to get everyone to smile. In the long run, it can really scare and confuse the kids!


Uhh, girls .... Kaylee .... Aubrey .... get your fingers out of your mouth.
And, Granna .... quit pointing that finger at the camera.



Grandpa, it will be okay, you can smile.
Granna, close that mouth.
Aubrey, it's okay, don't be scared.




Nolan, quit making faces.
Aubrey, no pulling Kaylee's hair.
Grandpa, look up.
Granna look at the camera.



Almost there. Oh, Nolan, don't pick your nose.



We're getting close.
Nolan look at the camera. Aubrey, again, no pulling hair.




Yea! This one will do! It's going to be as good as we can get.