Weekend recap

What a fun weekend we had!  I think we are all a little tired as we all slept until 7:30. 

Friday: Our good friends, the Friskes, came for dinner since they will be moving to DC on Tuesday.  We are so sad, but excited for their new adventure.  Our oldest kids, Jack and Alex, are such good playmates.  Friday was filled with homemade pizza, chocolate fondue, good wine, and lots of running, playing and laughing.  Here are a few pictures of the kids.  Caroline was fascinated with baby Nathan who is 2 months old.  She would get so excited next to him and both of them were making their noises and talking to each other.  So cute!

These two boys are such good friends!

After a fun evening with friends, Saturday proved to be a blast too!  We started the day early by picking blackberries at a local u-pick farm.  This picking round it was just Jack and me and our neighbors.  I forgot to get any pictures!  These were the biggest blackberries I have ever seen.  Jack got more and more excited as we picked.  "Mom, this blackberry is bigger than my hand!"  Got to love the enthusiasm.  After a morning of picking and a trip to walmart to pick up our canning supplies, we came home for some yardsaling.  I finally got the kids a chalkboard/dry erase easel I have been looking for...yay!  I love to yard sale and I think Jack is getting into it too.

The kids had to get a nap to get ready for a visit with Grandpa.  My dad came up to visit and rode his motorcycle up here!  That evening, Grandpa, Tommy and Jack headed to the monster truck show.  Jack had been so excited all week.  Caroline and I stayed here and made blackberry jam and syrup with the fresh berries.  When they got home late, Jack woke me up to tell me all about the show.  He loves to talk!

Jack came home with a pirate flag see above.

Jack kept saying "mom, the monster trucks looked like this!"

Blackberry jam...yum!  I've been busy with jam this summer making blackberry, blueberry, and cherry so far.

 Sunday was spent visiting with my Dad before he rode back to TN.  We had a great visit and the kids loved the motorcycle!

Sunday evening we spent at the neighbors for a birthday party and then Jack and I worked in the garden until 9pm.  I love summer evenings getting to be outside like that.  I'll have to take some new pictures of the garden.  We've had a few things out of there like bell peppers, tomatoes, squash and zucchini.  Everything else it on the verge of being ripe.  I'm so excited about veggie dinners here soon.