Today David decided to try his hand at home made cheese!

He made mozzarella and some ricotta.

He estimates he got about 2 lbs of mozzarella from 2 gallons of milk.  The ricotta is made from the left over whey, and he only got a bit.  I am going to find something yummy to make with it though.

He read that the whey left over after the ricotta can be used to make mysost "whey cheese" that is eaten in Norway.  I guess it is sometimes called gjetost.  He also read that it's one of those things that you either really like or really hate... so we will have to see!

We had a torrential rainstorm a few hours ago.  Even some hail.  When we left to go get the kids from the bus stop we noticed the creek was absolutely swollen and muddy with the run off.

Bear Patch!

Ben received his Bear patch at cub scouts last night.  He also earned a gold and two silver arrow points for extra achievments. 

Way to go Ben!!

We are hoping that his cubscout den can get together a few times this summer and do some fun things.

Here is a bonus pic of the creek last night after we got home from the Scout meeting.  The snow melt really has it rushing.