Berry Patch Farms

We went blueberry picking at Berry Patch Farms this morning. It was about 30 minutes away and a beautiful drive. The kids were so excited to get there. Zoe snapped a cute shot walking down the lane. 

The first stop was by an old playground and tractor. The kids had so much fun. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we got our buckets and headed out to the berry patch after a pit stop. 

 

I think it's safe for me to say that Jude and Cole ate more than they put in their bucket. At the end we only had 1/4 pounds to show for our efforts- between the twins eating theirs, Jude repeatedly emptying his bucket out and losing our best picker due to a potty break. But they had fun - that's what matters, right? And, the total cost of our outing was a whopping 53 cents- now that is some cheap entertainment, right there!

 

 

The big boys stuck together the whole time.

 

 

Blythe was so sweet and watched over the twins, while Emma did her own thing.

Thanks for going with us Speers- we had such a great time with you guys!

First week of summer

We kicked off summer with a special breakfast of sprinkled donuts last Friday morning. 

 

 

 

 

Later that morning we met up with some of Zane's former preschool classmates at a neighborhood playground. Zane had a soccer game Saturday and we "celebrated" Mother's day Sunday. Luke and the boys went and got me breakfast and we had Dickey's Barbeque for lunch. Sunday afternoon I went to the dollar store to stock up on a few things for the boys to keep them busy as we attempt to watch less tv during the day.

Mother's Day photo...nailed it.

All in all we've had a good week, even with some low points including screaming and fits from the boys (and mom as well). We've enjoyed beautiful weather,

 

logged several hours at various playgrounds,

the boys redeemed themselves from our failed Mother's day photo op

 had picnic lunches with dear friends,

lunch with the Pitts

 

lunch with the Speers

baked cookies,

 

 ate frozen blueberries, which the boys clearly loved, 

 

 

 

climbed trees,

 

had special visitors from our time in MT drop by, met Luke at IKEA for lunch one day, played with the new water table

 

 

 and even squeezed in a little "school work." 

 I am especially thankful for a particularly good day today. Hopefully the next three months will include many more days like today.