the leavitts.

a couple weeks ago, matt came home with 3 dozen lemons that a guy he works with gave him.

the guy has a lemon tree and is always looking for people to pawn lemons off on.

i'm pretty sure i have never had a lemon in my possession up until that day.

i'm actually not a huge lemon fan.

i hate when i'm at a restaurant and my server puts a lemon in my drink without asking.

did i ask for you to taint my perfectly good beverage with that lemon slice?

no.

but i was instantly determined to use the lemons. all 36 of them.

i started with lemon bread - 4 loaves of it.

it was tasty.

but i was really disheartened when i discovered that my 4 loaves of lemon bread only used 2 lemons.

at that rate, i would need to make 68 more loaves to use up the lemons!

so i looked up lots of lemon recipes online.

i quickly learned that - with the exception of lemonade - most recipes call for very little lemon.

so...

needless to say, we have been drinking loads of homemade lemonade these days!
and it's really growing on me.

i think it is so neat to see all the fruit trees around our neighborhood.

- oranges, graperfruits, lemons -

the orange trees are my favorite.

i want one.

we like to 'collect' oranges from the neighborhood when we go on family bike rides.
shhhh don't tell!