A Summer With Our Junior Interns

{Enjoying a reward for all their hard work at TCBY}

In-between girl scout camp, baseball camp, church camp, vacation Bible school, and family vacations these jr. interns were working hard with us all summer. I posted at the beginning of summer about our new help here, and you can see more pictures of them throughout the summer here on our Facebook page. Below are some of my favorite images of our time together. 

{Taking a lunch break and watching a movie on her laptop} 

{Cohen helped me make strawberry preserves. The recipe can be found here}

{Playing with sparklers at work to help me create this blog post}

{After a hard days work we enjoyed a round of mini golf}

{Alexa earned a mani-pedi for all her hard work. Just in time before her family vacation}

{I couldn't leave my youngest grandson out. He's wearing a lobster shirt in honor of all the seafood products we sell}

{Alexa modeling one of our BBQ bibs} 

{Our last intern reward for the summer. A trip to The Pottery Place}

Happy 4th of July

Happy Independence Day from all of us here at Champaign Plastics!

Homemade Strawberry Preserves

I was flipping through some of my older magazines (as I seem to do a lot) and I came across a recipe for strawberry preserves. Perfect timing since I recently bought several cartons from the grocery store on sale for a $1 a piece. The process was relatively easy especially with my new eager assistant. 

Ingredients: 

3 containers (16oz each) strawberries hulled and sliced 

3/4 cup of sugar 

2 Tbsp of lemon juice 

Instructions: 

1. Place all ingredients in a 5-qt saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, 45 minuets, stirring frequently to make sure mixture doesn't burn.

2. Store in an air tight container in refrigerator for up to one month. Makes about 4 cups.

{My summer intern Cohen}

Summer Interns

{My grandkids Cohen and Alexa}

Schools out this year for my grandkids (they finished last Tuesday). So I thought why not let them help out as our summer interns? As a way for them to learn the family business and spend a little more time with their grandma. They've done small projects for me in the past like print off inserts for packages and find the products in the warehouse. But this summer I'm hoping to build on that knowledge with a few harder tasks and maybe some craft projects for the blog. When their not busy with friends, camps, or time at home they will be here working side by side with me. Intern is usually an unpaid position but they will be rewarded by trips to get ice-cream (or frozen yogurt), a pool day, fun activities like put-put, bowling, and paint your own pottery to name a few.