"When life gives you..."

L-E-M-O-N-S

Then make this...

A Lemon Icee!

We were given a handful of homegrown lemons from my Mother-in-law... she has a real OLD tree that produces Large size lemons that are a little on the sweet side. Yesterday, my 5 year old son Ryley asked if I would make him "Lemon Juice" (too cute), what he meant was lemonade.

So I pulled out this...

My Vita-mix blender.

I just love this machine! We use it for making smoothies, icees, soups... and it can do much more. They are a strong, heavy duty blender that are used commercially and the same blenders that Jamba Juice uses. Of course, they come with a huge price tag but if you can get past the price or save up for one they are what I consider a must have for your kitchen!

So back to the Lemon Icees...

First thing I did was peal 2 lemons and put the whole thing in the blender and chopped it up until it was super fine and all the seeds were ground completely. (No water just the pulp and juice)

Then I added this...

Sugar!

And a lot of it... like a 1/2 cup and blended it in.

Then I added this...

Ice!

I filled the blender about 3/4 of the way full with ice and then blended away.

And within a couple of minutes we had a yummy, cold, lemon icee... a perfect treat for a hot afternoon!

So here's a couple of the in between shots...

My son Ryley... "Mommy's Helper"

He's a crazy kid... he likes to lick and sometimes eat lemons! Makes me pucker just looking at this!

We all enjoyed them! Thanks Ryley for the wonderful idea!!!

I've been wanting to do bring photography more into my daily living and so this post is the result. We had a great time making and eating these icees and now because of the pictures we'll be reminded of yesterday's fun for years to come. It's my hopes to do more of this! So... "when life gives you lemons" do what I did... make it memorable!

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour,

The bad may have a bitter taste

But sweet will be the flower. ~Cowper