Summer Fun...Backyard Style

It is hot, so hot, and we are loving every minute of it!  Our kids are finally becoming friends.  They finally get along more than they fight.  They share and help one another and have so much fun playing together.  They are so different, so very different, yet they are beginning to see that because of that they are stronger together.  They are amazing and we could not love them more!

Silver Dollar City With The Stearle Family

Last weekend we had so much fun spending a day at SDC with our good friends, the Stearle's.  It was their first time in a long time to go and we all had so much fun!  The boys loved the food, the rides and just about every single thing there.  I must brag on Lily....who is now officially 36 inches tall and able to ride all of the kiddie rides with an adult.  That girl rode everything the big boys rode!  And she loved every ride....maybe more than the big boys did.  Her favorites were the flying Dumbo elephants and the roller coaster!!!  I think we may have a little dare devil on our hands.  It was such a fun filled day and I hope we get to repeat it very, very soon!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Home Grown Goodness

Wordless Wednesday

A Morning At The Berry Patch

My mom had been texting me about all of the wonderful strawberries she had been picking near her house the other day and it got me thinking....we needed to get out there and pick some berries too!  The weather has been absolutely crazy this spring so I hadn't really thought about it.  I called our local strawberry patch and they told me this would be their last week of berry picking.  Panic set in as I looked for days the 4 of us could go.  It simply wasn't going to work out for Rhonald to go with us this year so I did the next best thing...I did an all call to the berry patch!  Tuesday morning we set out with several friends (all arriving and leaving at different times so we got to stay a long time - yeah!) to pick our load of strawberries.  The bigger boys were determined to pick the most they could while the little kids seemed equally determined to eat as many berries as they could.  All in all everyone had a fabulous time being out and doing something that we do not get to do very often.  In fact, it was Noel and Ben's first time picking and I can honestly say Noel is hooked!  He sat as far away from Emily as he could and ate until his tummy hurt...loving every bite!  What a wonderful way to spend a morning.