Sunday, May 15, 2011

Babies and Strawberry Picking

This weekend Robby ran the Warrior Dash with a few friends.  The warrior dash is a 5k that includes running through the mud, climbing over walls and doing all sorts of other crazy things.  They camped near the race on Friday night so the girls went up to the lake house the night before.  Handley and Harper were in HEAVEN because with us were two babies (Will, 7 months and Parker, 4 months).  They wanted to do everything they could to help with the babies including giving them toys, helping bathe them, putting them to sleep, etc.  I'm so thankful to Jen and Lizzi who were very willing to let them "help" in every way possible.  Every morning when Harper woke up she immediately asked to, "see the babies" and I'm just even more excited about the fact that they will have their own little brother to help with in just a few short months.  They also loved using the baby carriers and car seats for their own baby dolls.

Saturday morning we all went on a long walk and then made our way to a strawberry patch to pick berries.  I'd been searching for a place near our house to go and was coming up empty handed.  When I searched for a patch near our lake house I was happy to find one less than 10 minutes away!


The girls were excited for their first trip to pick strawberries and took their job very seriously.  They did a great job searching for the really red ones and were happy to fill up their baskets.











 As soon as we got back, the guys showed up all muddy, worn out, and wearing these crazy hats.



We spent the rest of the weekend on the boat enjoying the warm sunny weather and the company of great friends!

6 comments:

Samantha said...

Beautiful pics! Looks like so much fun!

Atkinson Family said...

That looks like a great weekend! Loved the strawberry pickin outfits! They were perfect! The girls are going to be all over little Hudson. What a lucky boy!

Julie, the mama said...

OH MY GOSH, I love the strawberry pictures. Put those girls in a magazine right now, I tell ya!

And the boys in those hats got me so tickled.

If you ask me, the girls got the better end of the deal!

Mrs. Nicole Haddad said...

WOW! What fun! Your girls did such a good job picking all those strawberries! Lucas would LOVE this!

Katie Jones said...

We haven't been strawberry picking since KA was Harper's age. Your pictures make me want to go again for sure. Love love love the one of Handley standing in the row, taken from the back - great shot!

Erica said...

Strawberry picking sounds like so much fun! I also love the picture of Handley taken from the back standing in the row. Definitely a framer!!