Kindergarten Science Day!

Monday May 16th was Science Day for the kindergarteners.  It was so much fun.  Jairus LOVED it!

Brian loved being a part of it too!

It was so great!  They kids really enjoyed it.  We got to be at the coolest station though.  

Freeze Dried Cheese

On Monday, May 16th, we had freeze dried some cream cheese as well as some shredded mild cheddar cheese.

Before freeze drying:

After freeze drying:

Freeze Dried Hamburger & Spaghetti

Tonight we had our biweekly Costco run.  I picked up an extra package of hamburger to freeze dry.  We didn't have quite enough hamburger to fill all four trays which I was totally fine with because a made too much spaghetti for dinner so I put that on there too.  It all worked out.  I'm really excited to see how this batch turns out.

This is 6 pounds of hamburger...in my biggest frying pan:

Before freeze drying:

After freeze drying:

Freeze Dried Watermelon!!!

Wednesday evening we decided to cut up a watermelon we had bought from Costco almost a week ago.  When I cut it open I worried it wasn't quite ripe.  I was going to throw it all away, but decided to freeze dry it anyway instead and I'm so glad I did.

Before freeze drying: 

After freeze drying:

It tasted AMAZING!!!!  It was like eating candy!  I also cut up an apple to try it. Even that turned out pretty good.  I was so excited with how it turned out, I woke Tali up to taste it.  The thought occurred to me as I was going to wake her up just before 6am that this is in a small way similar to Lehi's dream when he partook of fruit that was most desirable and wanted his family to partake also.  I'm just glad I was able to get them both to eat it.  Jairus was a bit reluctant at first, but Tali and Jairus both loved it.  I love having these kind of successes.  

Freeze Dried Pears & Blueberries

Saturday, April 30th we freeze dried some pear slices and some blueberries.

Before freeze drying:

After freeze drying:

I wasn't able to try the pears because it was Fast Sunday, but Silas did and he seemed to really love them.  After church I was able to try some of the blueberries and they seemed to be pretty good.  I think I may try them in some pancakes today!