Peas!

  One of my favorite things about summer has always been fresh peas! They are sweet and delicious and better than candy. This is the first time since we have been married that we were able to plant our garden. The peas and the corn are the only successful part of the garden this year. Hopefully next year we will have more variety but I am super excited about the peas!

This is the first harvest of the peas. The picture doesn't really do it justice. They are filling up our huge popcorn bowl! Yum.

Fresh peas always remind me of my Grandma. For about a week or so during the summer we got to go stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house, which was also down the street from our awesome cousins. Grandma would spoil us rotten. We floated the canal, went fishing, played statues and sardines, and Grandpa even let me drive the tractor once. Grandma had a huge garden. The row of peas was forever long and us kids would help with the picking and of course the eating! I love that a simple thing like peas will always remind me of my Grandma who I love and miss!