Blueberry Picking

Wednesday, June 7th

Third annual trip to Persimmon Hill Farm in Lampe, MO

Their kitchen is so neat!

Lane was able to go with us for the first time this year.  We had Thunder Muffins and a blueberry cinnamon roll (Rhett) for breakfast before picking.

Just a few of the many, many pretty rows of blueberry bushes!

Cute berry pickers!

We saw friends there, which was fun!  These girls were off to basketball camp right after the trip to the farm.

We were happy that Lane could go!

They said this was a great crop this year because of all the rain we've had.  They looked really pretty and they taste great!

So here was the not-so-fun part of the trip...the big rat snake living under one of the blueberry bushes.  Ahhhhhhh.  I hate snakes, and I hate when they ruin the fun.  It was one row over from where we were picking.  We heard a lady gasp (much calmer than I would have been) and point it out to her daughter.  She and her grandkids had stepped right over it.  The boys were kind of done picking then...they were more interested in watching the snake, but that was fine with me because I wanted to know it wasn't slithering my way.  I'm glad they kept an eye on it for us.  They watched it go into a hole.  I'd like to think that was the only one on the property.

a beautiful day at the berry farm!

Here's one recipe that I tried with the fresh blueberries:

Blueberry Crumb Bars

Summer Break So Far

Summer break has been nice so far.  Not too busy yet, just some slower days together.

I cleaned out Crosby's closet and packed away a lot of our little kid books, which was sad for me.  I've read these with the kids so many times.  The Sandra Boynton books...I think Lane and I both have those memorized.  Many sweet memories represented here.  Kids grow up so fast.  

Crosby has outgrown most of his super hero costumes, so he told me I could "put them in a box for grandkids".  :(  He asked my parents for the Wolverine costume for Christmas one year.  Batman makes me think of him wearing it while climbing the Japanese Maple tree in front of our house in Little Rock.  And the Spiderman costume was probably his favorite.  I loved seeing him zoom around the house in it. 

One evening we grilled hot dogs, swam and had s'mores and watermelon.

Crosby did a basketball camp at the school.

We popped popcorn and watched E.T. one night.  The kids liked it!

Lots of things blooming around our yard!  I love this time of year.  Our tomatoes should be ripe soon.

Our Wal-Mart recently started pick-up service.  It is wonderful!  I haven't been inside the store in over a month!

The kids took tennis academy throughout May.  We're taking a break in June but plan to return in July.

Fun night at the new shaved ice stand with friends.

We went bowling with friends...

and rode bumper cars there, too!  The cars flipped upside down!

We've been seeing these twin fawns in our yard.  So sweet!

Momma and babies

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Baseball, Tennis & Swimming

May 4th was opening night at the city baseball fields.  It was so cold and windy, but we had fun and ate the free ice cream anyway!  We're looking forward to the season!

Love this picture of the boys getting ready for the National Anthem.

This was the night C got to play catcher.  He loved that!

 And at 3rd base

(He got two outs at third!  Way to go, C!)

R, A & C have all been doing tennis academy in May.

We're loving these summer evenings!

Easter Weekend

I love Easter weekend!  Easter is my favorite holiday!

We were out of school on Good Friday, so the kids and I made a quick, one-night trip to my parents' house to see them, my grandparents and my sister and her kids.  The weather was perfect.  We had burgers and hot dogs and ate outside Friday night.  

Mom gave the kids chocolate rabbits for Easter.  

It was also warm enough for the first swim that weekend!  And Crosby spent the night with a friend/classmate (Thurs. night) for his friend's birthday.  They had a lot of fun coloring Easter eggs and going out for donuts the next morning.

Looking forward to a fun summer of swimming.

We made cut-out sugar cookies Saturday afternoon.

Easter baskets Sunday morning.

It was raining and we were running late so our photos were indoors and rushed.  Rhett-13, Alexee-10, Crosby-8.

Our only family photo from Easter 2017

Church parking lot, only Alexee's bow made it into the picture.

Lunch was ready when we got home.  We had pork tenderloin (a recipe my friend Heather sent to me to try), potato casserole, baked pineapple casserole, grape salad, rolls and banana pudding for dessert.  Rhett also made lemonade.  

I got these cute blue egg dessert plates at Target.