Chicama Run Family Farm

This is round 1 of salsa making this year! Alexis is the one who did all the hard work of chopping the tomatoes! We cheat a little by using Ball Seasoning mixes - but for the amount we need to go through - it works well for us. Super yummy!!! Now we just need more mix to make more!

In case you are wondering - this was about 20 lbs of our salsa tomatoes. 15 pints + 6 jelly jars total!

Ok we just got back from my in-laws house for Joe's dad's 75th birthday. Gotta go for something like that - even if there isn't a big party. It's been 4 years or so since we've been down there so it was exciting - but a long 7+ hour car trip.

On the way home on I-95 we stopped by this HUGE store "JR's" which we have seen the signs/billboards for years and we just needed to know WHAT it was. It's pretty much a huge "everything" type touristy store.... but neither kid ENJOYED being there for the whole 30 minutes they lasted. They WANTED to leave (even if we were going to BUY them something - neither was interested). Then a few hours later - outside of Richmond, VA we stopped by a "Bass Pro Shop" because I asked for a rest stop and of course every guy knows that "Bass Pro Shop" = "Bathroom Stop"! Well both kids wanted to stay there forever!!! Go figure.... and I wasn't buying them anything!! THOUGH Alexis was looking hard at a pink BB gun ;)

You just know you are more comfortable in the country when your kids are happier at a Bass Pro Shop than a touristy gift shop :)

Ok we are ALMOST done with the 4-H Fair week. We just have to go and get animals and clean up. Both the kids did really well with showing and their animals did better than I thought they would - which is always good.

After 4 years we are still learning how to do the animals that are for showing and this year Jacob got 1st place in his class for bred and owned market lamb and reserve champion for bred and owned market goat.

Gotta run and get animals!!