A pickin' and a grinnin'

This morning we went blueberry picking! We always take the kids, they do pretty good, but Thomas did have a meltdown about halfway through. He was fine after we walked out of the rows of bushes, like he was claustrophobic or something. Weird.


The first thing the kids do when we arrive at the blueberry farm is play on the tire swing! I always wanted a big tree in my backyard for one of those. Jenny and Barb had a tire swing. I think I'm still jelous.



Here is our neighbor Lou picking with the kids. She came along for the ride. Lou actually squeezed into the back seat between Adam and Rachel. You should have heard the 3 of them carrying on. Casey said quietly, "So this is what it would be like to have 5 kids." He cracks me up.


Casey ate about 10 pounds right off the bushes. The variety we picked this year was way better than last year. Very sweet.


Abby was just dead weight during the blueberry picking process, but man was she cute!


I can always count on my Buddy to eat my blueberry pie. Amanda tried blueberry pie for the first time tonight- she didn' t like it. I am still kind of sad about that.

Rachel update

Rachel went to the ear/nose/throat doctor today. The doctor decided she would greatly benefit from having her adenoids out. Ahhhh, no more snoring, mouth breathing, etc. I'm so happy this will be taken care of before school starts! The procedure is scheduled for August 15 at Covenant Harrison. Please pray for her on that day, we would greatly appreciate it.

MOPS Playdate

Today we went to Sandy's house for a playdate. THere were 5 moms and 10 kids. The kids had a ball playing with new toys in new territory. We moms enjoyed snacking and visiting. Rachel made sure Abby was included in checking out the new toys.


Thomas checking out Alex. He's such a good baby.


We need one of these in our back yard!!!




Olivia, Rachel, and Xander testing the water.


Ginnie (due in another month!) and Stephanie


Tracey and Sandy


Ginnie had to make sure I was in a picture. I prefer to be behind the camera.

Family times

Here Abby is hitching a ride on Tommy. He loves his baby sister.


Tonight we were watching home videos from 2 years ago- TOmmy was just starting to walk, Adam and Rachel were on stage singing "Jingle Jingle Happy Bells, Jesus is born". Adam had little chubby cheeks from the Prednisone he was taking for his kidneys. I can't believe how different he looks now, that baby face is gone.


We have to label the diapers for the church nursery workers. "A" and "T" wasn't cutting it, so now they say "TOM".


Jenny misses Barb when she sees pictures like this.

Climbing

Here's my big girl, looking a little miscievious. (Note Adam in the background. What's his problem?)


She thinks she's pretty clever.

More bloggers!

Tracey and Steve have joined the blogging world!!! Their links are under my "blogging buddies" category. Tracey has pictures of the beach posted, their family is so fun!

Cathy- BEWARE!

I think this might be the culprit for your lackluster irises this year. I found the iris borer in my iris, and I just dug up Judy's to divide them, and there was this disgusting creature. He was actually mad at me. So I took his picture, then I KILLED him. They burrow all through the rhizomes and turn everything to mush. So divide your iris every 3-4 years, get rid of the old rotten parts in the middle. Man, I love the internet.