Peach Jam from Dove Farms

Well, maybe the word "farm" is used a bit loosely. Dove is referring to the name of our street. Regardless! When we were taking our first tour of our soon to be first home, we were shown the lovely little tree in the middle of the back yard. We were told that it was a peach tree and it actually produced a decent amount of peaches! We were quickly told that we wouldn't get any of the peaches because the squirrels would get them first. A month or so after we bought our home I noticed that the peaches were starting to grow. When they began to reach near ripeness the squirrels, as promised, began to snack away. What wasteful little guys they were too! After witnessing a squirrel pick a peach off of the tree, take ONE little bite and throw it down on the ground I decided to take over. Out we went determined to pick EVERY peach off of the tree. We did have a tiny bit of sympathy for our wasteful friends and left one peach waaaaay up in the tree for them. There we had it! A giant bowl full of small, semi-ripe, white peaches. We let them ripen on the counter for a couple of days and then my mom helped me can them for peach jam.

It turned out so delicious! We took this past summer off from any extra-curricular canning activities seeing as I was expecting this little sugar plum smack dab in the middle of peach season. I am sure that Silas will thoroughly enjoy some white peaches from his very own backyard this summer. Maybe even a peach inspired 1st birthday cake?

Pictures of the April Foolery

Here are just a few pictures of how I spent the evening before April Fool's Day. You can see the excitement on Silas' face. :)

Clean Boy

Silas loves to be clean!

April Foolery

I just finished saran wrapping Dan's office and all of his breakfast related items. I will try to upload some pictures later.

May your April Fool's Day be not as annoying as Dan's will be.

The Aisles of March (and one in February too)

Three weddings have taken place in just over a months time for people that are very near and dear to our hearts. First up... Dan's lovely sister, Liz!

Liz married Kris Walter on their six month anniversary in a private ceremony at Powers' Mountain. It was so sweet, sincere and just flat out awesome. Luke was in town from L.A. so they decided to get married before he flew back. Even though there was only a week to plan, the ceremony and mini-reception turned out so pretty and meaningful. I love Jonas' face in the picture above. Kris is a great guy and treats Liz like a princess.



The whole Powers family with the new Mr. and Mrs. Walter.

Listening to Dan play the Avett Brothers' "January (aka February) Wedding."

Next to get married was my very dear friend Amanda Booth. Amanda had a pretty tough way to go a few years back so it excited me to no end to see her find the right guy! Chris Tucker set his sights on Amanda when she was still working at the Y in Corydon. I am glad that he did because they fit each other so well. Their wedding took place on March 6th and I had the privilege to be a bridesmaid. And our dresses were chocolate brown! Love.

Amanda's designed her gown and her grandmother made it. Beautiful!

Probably one of the longest toasts or "roasts" I have ever heard. It was seriously like 15 minutes long. Ha! We are very happy for the new Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tucker!


Last but not least is our long time friend Aaron McMillan. Now here is an incredible story of someone who set his heart on finding God's best and was committed to not settle for anything less. Little did he know that Elizabeth Ross from Baton Rouge, Louisiana had committed herself to the same thing. Through a random series of events, Elizabeth's aunt and uncle ended up relocating to Georgetown and decided to visit our church. After meeting Aaron and finding out that he was an eligible bachelor, they decided to play match-maker. E-mailing turned into telephone calls which led to plane rides. Then came the engagement ring and finally a gorgeous wedding at a Louisiana plantation. Dan was a groomsmen and played guitar during the communion part of the ceremony while I sang. Truly one of the happiest occasions I have ever witnessed. Their relationship is a true testament to God's faithfulness and proof that he does have an incredible plan for all of us if we are willing to follow Him.

The new Mr. and Mrs. McMillan!

And they lived happily ever after. You had to know that line was coming. :)

A "moving" day

Without going into too much detail...

Silas hadn't "gone" in about 5 or 6 days. He was on a daily schedule before this so it caused the mommy and the daddy some worry. After some consulting with webmd.com, babycenter.com, llli.org, Dr. Gulley and a pediatric nurse we decided to try a suppository. Silas could have cared less about what mommy was sticking up his you-know-what and it ended with success!

Oh how I miss the good ol' days before solids. At least as far as poop is concerned. Sorry if this post contained TMI but happiness comes in all shapes and sizes.

And smells.

Silas laughing (for the first time!)

Silas has started laughing! Click here to see the video on youtube. There is truly no better sound in the world! Silas has giggled before but has never laughed like this. I am so thankful that the camera was near by so I could capture this moment on video.