Life really can be a picnic!

"Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of chocolate."     -unknown 

Watch Out! It's zucchini season.  Here's a recipe that I use to get the kids to actually eat the stuff.  I normally do not peel the zucchini though.  I like the little flecks of green.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

1 cup sugar                                                      2 T. cocoa

1 cup brown sugar                                           2 cups flour

3 eggs                                                              1 tsp. soda

1 cup oil                                                          1 tsp. salt

2 cups zucchini, peeled and grated                 2 tsp. baking powder

3 tsp. vanilla                                                    3 tsp. cinnamon

                                                                        ½ cup nuts (optional)

Mix together and bake 1 hour at 325-350°.  Makes 2 medium loaves.

Tibble Fork Reservoir

Silver Lake Flat

Soon all the kids will be back in school so as a last farewell to summer, we took the 3 youngest kids and piled in the truck with the canoe and kayak and headed up American Fork Canyon.  We picniced at Tibble Fork Reservoir and paddled around a little. 








Then we took the dirt road further up the mountain to Silver Lake Flat. Since we had such a late Spring and such a late Summer some of the wild flowers were still hanging around.  Beautiful!  We ended the trip with a little rock skipping contest.