Roasted Tomoato Sauce

This week my mom, Kristina, and I made and canned Roasted Tomato sauce. We were able to use tomatoes from our garden (about 62 lbs) and herbs from our collective gardens. We made about 40 quarts. After picking all of the tomatoes on our plant, we still have tons of green and orange ones.
A mixture of homegrown oregano, two types of parsley, and basil.


Here it is just before going into the jars!

"A" is for Apple

Funny story.....so this morning Kristina, my mom, and I went to Lehne Farms to pick Gravenstein apples for applesauce. However, they were completely picked out, and I was so disappointed. We went down the road to a different farm that is new to the area. They had a variety of apples called William's Pride, and it has tart with a sweet taste, all at the same time. It was the most wonderful kind of apple I have ever eaten!!! And to our surprise the applesauce was a really pretty mauve color. We picked 136 pounds and got 118 pints. My new food processor worked like a dream and saved us hours of work.

Gresham and Camping Trip

Last Sunday was Mama's(that is what we grandkids call her) 80th birthday (dad's mom). Our family took her and Papa out to dinner to celebrate. She is a 4 foot spunky little Mexican lady and it is amazing to think that she is already 80 years old. It was nice to spend the night with them and visit. Happy Birthday Mama!

The next day we cut across to the Oregon coast and spent the rest of the week camping our way down to Bandon. I didn't realize it, but I really didn't take too many pictures, which seems kinda of strange. My dad wore this hat everywhere we went. It is one of those that has hair coming out of the top of it. His brother (who has a full head of hair, which is the opposite of my dad) gave it to him as a joke. You wouldn't believe how many strangers asked if that was my dad's real hair. In all seriousness, one lady told him that she had been trying to get her husband to do his hair all spikey like his "hair" for years. It was so funny!!!

The last night, Jason and my mom cooked fresh fish on the camp grill. It was delicious!