Swimming in Berries
We had such a fun time as a family this last weekend. Our family this summer has included one of the teen girls that serves with us in the CYIA program. She has been living with us this summer when she is not out teaching 5-Day Clubs in other places. It has been a joy to have her here this summer. The kids love having her around, and so do we!
This last weekend we just hung out here a bit on Friday night, then on Saturday we had promised the boys we would go swimming. So, we packed everybody up and headed into the local pool. It was a great time despite the fact that the water was a bit on the cold side. After that, we loaded up and went out to my in-laws' farm where we had supper and went berry picking. Grandma watched the babies while the rest of us went on a bumpy, adventurous ride out to the patch that Grandpa had spied a few days before. The branches were heavy with berries and we all had fun picking...and eating!
We wrapped up our weekend with a spontaneous "Bring Your Own Meat BBQ" at our house with old friends and some new friends from church. Todd and I have discussed lately how there really is no ideal time to have people over. Our life is always so random and crazy, so we need to just jump at parties when we have a chance. So, that is exactly what we have been doing for the last few months and what we did on Sunday. It was a lot of fun and once again we were reminded what great friends God has blessed us with.
Our little sweeties LOVE to be outside.
My middle man being his crazy self!
The big man going off the diving board at the pool
Todd and the little man going down the slide
My men, I sure love them!
Headed down the trail to pick berries
The boys in the middle of the patch
The little man and me, he got a bigger kick out of throwing the berries...so we tried to occupy him with other things
It was nice to see Todd take a break and enjoy some time with the kids in the midst of extreme craziness right now with camp only days away
This last weekend we just hung out here a bit on Friday night, then on Saturday we had promised the boys we would go swimming. So, we packed everybody up and headed into the local pool. It was a great time despite the fact that the water was a bit on the cold side. After that, we loaded up and went out to my in-laws' farm where we had supper and went berry picking. Grandma watched the babies while the rest of us went on a bumpy, adventurous ride out to the patch that Grandpa had spied a few days before. The branches were heavy with berries and we all had fun picking...and eating!
We wrapped up our weekend with a spontaneous "Bring Your Own Meat BBQ" at our house with old friends and some new friends from church. Todd and I have discussed lately how there really is no ideal time to have people over. Our life is always so random and crazy, so we need to just jump at parties when we have a chance. So, that is exactly what we have been doing for the last few months and what we did on Sunday. It was a lot of fun and once again we were reminded what great friends God has blessed us with.
KR, the girls are so funny. They love to sit in the grass which is not every babies favorite past time.
Our little sweeties LOVE to be outside.
My middle man being his crazy self!
The big man going off the diving board at the pool
Todd and the little man going down the slide
My men, I sure love them!
Headed down the trail to pick berries
The boys in the middle of the patch
The little man and me, he got a bigger kick out of throwing the berries...so we tried to occupy him with other things
It was nice to see Todd take a break and enjoy some time with the kids in the midst of extreme craziness right now with camp only days away
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The girl's are getting so big!!