Blueberry Picking

It's blueberry season all the way thru July and we made our first stop this week.  The kids did a good job just picking the blue ones.  The only bad thing was the ants that live under the bushes.  I got a few irritating bites, but it's definitely worth it.  I felt so nostalgic picking our own and hearing the plink, plunk as they hit the bucket.  We are going back for sure.

Bucket of Berries and Dirty Feet

     Here's the load.  6 lbs for $6.00!  I froze a big bowl for smoothies and we are still eating yummy cold ones from the fridge, plus I made muffins and cheesecake with them.  I laugh at the people buying them at the store.  

      And here's what our feet looked like when we were done.  The dirt is fine and black.  

Clean Kids?!

Not much is new.  Just trying to survive the heat.  I feel like we are always hot, sweaty and dirty.  So I thought it was a rare sight to see 3 squeaky clean kids on Sunday.  The girls got new dresses and Adam has a new shirt that I've been saving since he was like 3.  Pretty cute.

Silly Elli

I was looking thru some pictures and found this top one of Elli when she was about 2.  I said to myself... "That seems just like yesterday!"  Then I remembered it happened again too long ago!  Messy girl.

Day Off

Riley and the kids had Memorial Day off, so we went to the beach.  It was crowded, but we found a spot.  The warmer it gets, the more we want to go.  The water was a little chilly, but it will warm up soon, too. 

Amy and the Ocean

She wanted to spend most of the time in the water.  

She didn't like to be all sandy afterwards though.