Strawberry Season

Summer is finally here! Which means get the pool out and make some jam. Emily and I spent last Tuesday picking strawberries at Apple Jack's Orchard in Delano. A great place-we will be back in the fall for late raspberries and apples. Here is our final product. Yummy! I also made a fresh straberry pie and shortcake which we will be eating tonight...

Hot stuff! Of course we picked during the heat of the day!

14 Pounds!

Pool Time! I love having a yard we can enjoy this summer...and Matt loves to take care of it...

"Mom, hurry up and get my wet suit on!"

Drying off in there red chairs..."just like Isaiah!" Jeremiah says.

Back for one more splash before mommy forces him in for a "nap."

So sweet...and a good baby too! Natalie is sleeping eight hours at night now!

She is getting so cute and chubby! She is now over 15 pounds and 23 inches long.

Who's lippy is that?

Here is a video of me trying to get Natalie to crack a smile. I took it for you Yaya! Enjoy.

First Smile That was Caught on Camera!

Of course, Jeremiah can make Natalie smile like no one else-which I don't understand because half of the time he is terrorizing her! Go figure...

Natalie has quiet bath time with mommy after the boys go to bed.

Jeepers Creepers! Where did you get them peepers?

Fort time in the living room with Grandma Kosik's folding chairs and the water softner box.

PCA Grandma goes above and beyond again into the fort.

Jeremiah kept calling it a "bed tent."

Jeremiah now delcares "I am not going to sleep!" when I put him down for nap time, and most of the time, he is right.

Have a great week.

Jeremiah was a Turtle?

Jeremiah pretends to be a turtle with a laundry basket...very cute if I do say so.

We saw our first pond turtle crawling across our lawn last week. It was hissing at us and Jeepers got a kick out of the whole experience. (So did mommy. I dropped a bag of cheese while clearing off the dinner table and screamed, "There's a turtle!" and then I ran out the door. Matt just rolled his eyes at me and said, "No turtles in the house!")

I finally dumped all the pictures off my camera and will have more up soon.