aren’t they beautiful?

I was off and running early this morning to play practice and heard vaguely as I ran out the door that Mom and L were going strawberry picking.

When I came home a little later, I was so surprised!

Strawberries were everywhere!

and aren’t they the prettiest ones you’ve ever seen??

Mom and L were busy mixing and sorting and cleaning and I noticed some other things sitting on the counter.

That’s when it came to me-

they were making strawberry freezer jam. from Frugal Girl.

Yes!!

Soon, the whole kitchen started to smell deliciously like strawberries and sugar.

I was handed a spoon and instructed to stir at the stove.

After clicking some pictures, of course. ;)

While I stirred, L and M lined up their 4th pan of strawberries to freeze for cool smoothies and other recipes later on.

After stirring for 1 minute exactly, I poured in the fruit pectin to the sugar and strawberry mix, and proceeded to stir for another 3 minutes…

then came the best part…

pouring them into the beautiful ball jars…

Gorgeous!!

L put the labels on them, and we were ready to freeze!

Yeah!

Hooray for homemade!