farmers market

On July 30th, we decided to check out the Kaysville farmers market. The kids got cute balloon animals and made an egg carton flower craft,


and I bought a apricots, raspberries, corn, tomatoes, and zuchini!
The kids tore into that fresh produce right away.








They got so crazy in their gluttony that they shared this tomato.


Then they helped me make my favorite zuchini side dish. Here, Christian's using my new Slice Wizard that we got on sale at the kitchen store in Park City.



Just put a layer of sliced zuchini, top with a sprinkle of salt Kraft powdered parmesan cheese,




then repeat to fill a square baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 6-7 minutes. Delicious!




My kids can't get enough corn on the cob this summer. Our favorite corn comes from Day farms in Layton, but this was good, too.

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Next, we made fresh salsa with the vegetable chopper (similar to the Vidalia Chop Wizard, but seemed a little sturdier) that we also got in Park City. We just chopped some tomatoes and onions with it, then added fresh cilantro, a bit of lemon juice and garlic, a few pinches of kosher salt and just a tiny bit of chopped jalapeño.




Everyone loved it! (Although Tony added nearly the rest of the can of jalapeño to his portion.)

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Friday the 30th I took the kids to eat at McDonald's because I had coupons for a free premium salad and two free apple dippers that expired the next day. The kids have been obsessed with the beanie babies that came in the happy meals for June & July! They love the little stuffed animals and also how you can play online games with them.






I love this picture, you can almost taste the joy!

Tony actually got home a little earlier than normal that night, but it was hard pulling the kids away from the playland.

The next morning we did the woodworking project at Home Depot.

Christian had his tongue out-in full concentration most of the time he was putting in the screws!

This project was the cutest yet, they're little memo boards with a white board side and a cork side.

After that, we drove to Day Farms to get even more produce. Faith's snapping beans in this picture. I was surprised how much my kids loved them.

And here are the little monkeys demonstrating how fun and dangerous my bed is. They're always treating it like a playland/monkey bars/fort!