This week has been full of...well, life. :) Between our Monday full day of errands (chiropractor. weight watchers, walmart. whole foods, etc), working out at Curves three times, laundry, cleaning, keeping up with toddlers, blackberry picking with friends, having friends stay overnight, going out to our land, and...turtles. Yup, lots of life this week.
To back up then, yesterday we enjoyed an outing with the V family picking blackberries. Now, let me tell you, you have NEVER seen blackberries this huge! They were something else. We enjoyed the fellowship and between the two families we picked 8 1/2 pounds of berries. To top off the adventure though, I locked the keys in the van..with my cell phone and purse in it. You see, I had been keeping it locked and had given J the keys to put in his pocket. Well. he did not know it, but as the day went on I decided it was safe to leave it unlocked and put the keys back with our picnic food. J came along and dutifully locked the van up for me..with our lunch in it as well. So we went up to the owners of the farm and used their cell phone to call S (it was the only number I knew by heart) who called my mom and dad, and then Dad drove out and brought me his key. In the meantime we went up on the hill, rationed out the V famiilies lunch, and when my van was opened brought out round two of lunch. S told me to hold a biggest berry contest, like we had done when we blueberry picked in Tx. J and another V boy teamed up and got the dollar prize (they split the money) then I gave change to all the children for their efforts. We came home hot and tired, but we had so much fun! J wanted to make a cobbler, so we got out Nona's recipe book and made a DELICIOUS double batch one (shhh, don't tell weight watchers, mmm mmm)
Some of our best friends from NC came down for a couple of days. Mr M. and their son D spent the night last night. D is a terrific bowler and I think even has gotten into the professionals. He had a tournament Thurs and today about 45 mins away. So R (Mr M) brought D over for that and also worked some on his property (right around the corner from SpringMeadows). It was so good to see them. We went out today and spent some time over there with R. He is a landscaper so he gave us some tips on how to prepare the spot where we will be putting our foundation. Mom and Dad took J and W to go and watch D bowl his games this afternoon and evening.
Ah yes, and the turtles. Well. as R was on his way back from taking D to his bowling this morning he found a turtle on the road. He brought it back for the children...they were delighted! At first they named it Scamper, but then changed it to Tuck (like in the show Wonder Pets). Dad thought they should call it Mortimer, cause that was what he called his turtle when he was a boy. Then, out at K and R's land tonight R found 2 more turtles. THEN, on the way back here to the house, R found a 4th (!) turtle. So now we have a little turtle farm...we just need two more to have one for each child. The children are just delighted with them, and I have to say they are really cute. Not sure what the names all will be now. The children are pretending the turtles are their babies.
So that's a little update from over here. You never know what a day will bring, whether it is cobbler, turtles, or a baby that is covered in dirt all over and blissfully happy about it!
To back up then, yesterday we enjoyed an outing with the V family picking blackberries. Now, let me tell you, you have NEVER seen blackberries this huge! They were something else. We enjoyed the fellowship and between the two families we picked 8 1/2 pounds of berries. To top off the adventure though, I locked the keys in the van..with my cell phone and purse in it. You see, I had been keeping it locked and had given J the keys to put in his pocket. Well. he did not know it, but as the day went on I decided it was safe to leave it unlocked and put the keys back with our picnic food. J came along and dutifully locked the van up for me..with our lunch in it as well. So we went up to the owners of the farm and used their cell phone to call S (it was the only number I knew by heart) who called my mom and dad, and then Dad drove out and brought me his key. In the meantime we went up on the hill, rationed out the V famiilies lunch, and when my van was opened brought out round two of lunch. S told me to hold a biggest berry contest, like we had done when we blueberry picked in Tx. J and another V boy teamed up and got the dollar prize (they split the money) then I gave change to all the children for their efforts. We came home hot and tired, but we had so much fun! J wanted to make a cobbler, so we got out Nona's recipe book and made a DELICIOUS double batch one (shhh, don't tell weight watchers, mmm mmm)
Some of our best friends from NC came down for a couple of days. Mr M. and their son D spent the night last night. D is a terrific bowler and I think even has gotten into the professionals. He had a tournament Thurs and today about 45 mins away. So R (Mr M) brought D over for that and also worked some on his property (right around the corner from SpringMeadows). It was so good to see them. We went out today and spent some time over there with R. He is a landscaper so he gave us some tips on how to prepare the spot where we will be putting our foundation. Mom and Dad took J and W to go and watch D bowl his games this afternoon and evening.
Ah yes, and the turtles. Well. as R was on his way back from taking D to his bowling this morning he found a turtle on the road. He brought it back for the children...they were delighted! At first they named it Scamper, but then changed it to Tuck (like in the show Wonder Pets). Dad thought they should call it Mortimer, cause that was what he called his turtle when he was a boy. Then, out at K and R's land tonight R found 2 more turtles. THEN, on the way back here to the house, R found a 4th (!) turtle. So now we have a little turtle farm...we just need two more to have one for each child. The children are just delighted with them, and I have to say they are really cute. Not sure what the names all will be now. The children are pretending the turtles are their babies.
So that's a little update from over here. You never know what a day will bring, whether it is cobbler, turtles, or a baby that is covered in dirt all over and blissfully happy about it!
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