Strawberries!

Roo and I decided that it would be a wonderfully domestic to go pick berries this year.

We picked a date and a location and were all set to go on Wednesday. My friend Kristen insisted that I call to make sure that the Springs Farm would be open for u-pick on a week day. I call and this is what I hear "Oh honey, we have been piiiiicked clean. We open on Friday morning at 7am." Um WHAT?! I have a playgroup coming in...oh, I don't know...about 1.5 hours.

Thankfully said friend, Kristen, has a kick-ass husband who came up with a back up plan. Black's Peaches in York. We got everyone ready and headed there.

It was warm and sunny. The weather was absolutely perfect. We had a picnic lunch and then the kids loaded the fields and picked like crazy people. Funny enough, each kid talked about how they were picking berries for their daddies. Nevermind us sweaty moms out there up to our knees in dirt! It was a blast and we were exhausted...but it was worth it. This one time atleast. ;-)

Enjoy the pictures.

Picnicing

Jack-Jack


William and Beth Anne

Beth Anne

Roo

Natalie

Baby Nate

Samuel (I LOVE this picture!)

Picking

Abby and William

Look at mine!


Elizabeth (Wondermom) with baby Nate and Sam

Roo found a berry!


Here is the aftermath

Natalie is ready to go!


Kristen's family wins for the most enthusiastic pickers. Kayleigh couldn't stop picking and Maeghan couldn't stop eating the strawberries!

Maeghan Kayleigh

Kayleigh with berry covered legs

Roo, all tuckered out

Liar! Liar! Abs, thighs, arms on fire!

I went to Target this morning to get Jillian Michael's 30-Day Shred DVD and 3 lb dumbells. I was expecting an easy time because I'd "heard" from several friends that it was EASY PEASY and that you feel the pain the next day.

Well I'm here to say, I've been a bit sore all day! I was total jiggle legs for the first hour and my arms were tired from WASHING my hair afterwards! Am I out of shape? Clearly...but geez!

I'm doing this again tomorrow though! Gotta start some where!

Cleaning up!

Ok, this is a two part post.

I've been away for nearly a month. So much has happened! I've turned 29, Roo turned 4, our garden has really grown and sprouted, Jack and Roo spent the weekend with the grandparents, Jim and I trapsed all over Savannah ALONE.

I am in the midst of cleaning in two ways.

One is cleaning up after unpacking. My house looks like a bomb went off. Nothing crazy, but all of the normal "just got home and seems like we haven't been here in weeks" cleaning.

The second way is our diet. I've decided to clean up my diet and get on a regime. The pool opens up in 4 short weeks. I've got the bathing suits, but now I need to look good in them! :-)

I'll be back to fill in on more of this stuff later today. Stay tuned! :-)

Missing...

We've been missing in action since last week because of a few things...


1. Jack Jack's birthday. The party was small and personal with just family. It was nice and really the perfect size. Jack was in a great mood the entire time and LOVED all of his gifts and the cake! See exhibit 1.





2. The weather. It's been an amazing week. The temps have been in the 70's and 80's all week. We've spent the better part of that time outside, soaking up the rays, playing in the park and in the yard, picnic-ing and hanging with friends. See exhibit 2.








This is the only body part on the entire family that got burned. My arm got it good. I swear I put sunscreen on, but can't figure out if I missed it.



3. Our Garden. That's right! We have a garden. Riley and I have been gardening by the squarefoot and LOVING it! So far we've planted mesclun (lettuce), spinach, tomatoes, rosemary, broccoli, green bell peppers, cukes and strawberries. So far, so good...nothing dead, yet! See exhibit 3.

Happy Days!

First off...

Happy 2nd Birthday NATALIE!

We love you and miss you!


Secondly...

Roo let out a big cheer and was dancing around when she found out who was moving back to town.

Her Peeps!

We are so excited to be welcoming the Brown/Mosses back to the hood! We can hardly wait to see you guys again!

Living with tumor

Mama had a follow up appt with the doctor who performed her biopsy. He thought everything looked great and was healing nicely.

We got the opportunity to ask the doctor more about removing her tumor. We had been told several times that she should have it removed. To the point where several doctors kept pushing her to do it. This doctor seems to be the only one with any damn sense. He told us that it fully surrounds the eye orbit and should remain intact. The surgery is far more destructive than helpful. Also, her eye works...not well, but it works.

So, she lives with the tumor.

Happy Birthday Jack Man!

My Jack got to celebrate his very first birthday this week! It's been such a wonderful year for our family. I'm so happy that he is a part of our lives! :-)

He did really well at his drs appt. He's growing nicely but a small. We knew that though ;-)

His stats are as follows:

Weight 18lbs 6oz (5th percentile)

Length 28.5 inches (10th percentile)

Doctor's observations were that he is a happy little boy, sweet and loving. Also thought his appetite sounded great and not to worry that he eats so much! HA HA! She also said that at her son's 1 year appt he was eating a bowl of oatmeal, a banana and applesauce and that his appetite did decrease.

** For those that don't know. Jack could eat us out of house and home easily! Tonight for dinner he ate an entire potato pancake, 1 regular pancake, raisins and some egg. He eats twice as much as Roo.