As many know Jeff's parents - on their farm on the Mississippi - grew many fruits and vegetables. One of our favorites has been asparagus. Asparagus fresh from the garden
is the best but it is always fun to try something new. This spring as I was looking for pickled Jalapeno Peppers I found pickled asparagus - so I decided why not try this -- and of course Jeff the encourager and helper said we should also pressure cook some as well. Look out kids when Dad retires it is hard to say what we might be delivering to your food shelves.
My "Bev Flower" Bed is beautiful this spring!
Happy Birthday - gotta love that smile. Our princess enjoys pretending - she can tell a great story - she enjoys the outdoors - and listening to stories - we often find her with a book. She loves her bags and can set-up a picnic lunch in a moments notice.
Look at Lauren's & Jeff's expressions on their faces - moral support starts at a very young age. We will always be there helping - no matter what the task maybe :)


Jeff and I were at the cabin this weekend and it just happened to be the fishing opener. I think this is the first time we have fished the opener together - we're practicing Jeff being retired :) Well as you can see we did very well! At the landing we did get a tip from a young man (a Dan Nadeau look alike) as to what the walleyes were biting on. He was right. We caught our limit of 6 that were between 14 - 16 inches.