In a jam....

Hey everyone. The last couple of days have been busy around here. Yesterday, Mommy and I got in a minor fender bender in the Target parking lot. The lady who backed into us didn't speak any English, didn't have any ID, and didn't have any insurance. AND twice she tried to leave before Mommy got all the necessary information and Mommy had to put her body behind the woman's car to stop her. It was all quite crazy and Mommy thinks that this lady may be in the country illegally and was scared despite Mommy's attempts at being kind and understanding. Thankfully, we were able to enlist the help of a bilingual family in the parking lot to help translate for Mommy. And, lucky for us, our StateFarm insurance policy gives great coverage including covering us if we are hit by an uninsured driver. And because it's not our fault it won't increase our rates. In the meantime, our new van is sporting some very minor scratches on the side of the rear bumper. No big deal.

And today, Daddy felt inspired to do something with the bounty of figs growing on our trees in the backyard. So he decided to make jam. But not just any jam. Fig Orange Spice jam (click here for recipe). He ended up having so many figs that we now have 25 jars of this fabulous concoction. Warm this stuff up and pour it over vanilla ice cream. Or put it on top of some gooey brie cheese. Or smear it over some pancakes.... YUM!

And tomorrow we head to Monterey/Santa Cruz with my friend Isabelle and her parents. We're just going for a couple of days, but I'm really looking forward to playing on the beach and going to the Monterey Aquarium. Yay! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend!