Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Strawberries

A couple weeks ago some of our friends invited us to go strawberry picking and we couldn't go but I had no idea there were even farms or anything around here! So yesterday we packed up and drove like an hour south to the strawberry farm owned by the German Catholics or something. It was seriously the best thing ever. Our kids had a blast! We all love strawberries, even Rick who didn't like them when I met him, I had to change that quickly, and luckily succeeded.
The strawberries were huge! And so sweet!
So naturally we had to taste test them before we brought them home, despite my vow that I would wash them all first before any of us ate them.... the kids had other plans, and I caved in too. Brynnli pretty much sat in one place the whole time pointing to the plants and saying "mmm mmmm" until someone got her another one to eat. She likes to eat.
Carson was so cute and insisted on carrying the carton around most the time, it was dropped a few times too. He kept saying "oooo, that one is pretty, ooo mom look at this one"
Brynnli clearly did not want to leave, Rick had to drag her away....
Grandma and Grandpa T. came along with us too, and took most of the pictures.
We were on the way home in the middle of nowhere in a farming town and happened upon some (okay like 50 corn) corn in the middle of the road. Somehow it ended up in our trunk.....

Brynnli was possibly more excited about the corn for dinner than the 10-15 strawberries she ate when we got home.
And then we finished off the night with homemade strawberry milkshakes, YUMMY!!! (I was pretending to pour my milkshake on Rick's head to get this picture so both kids would look at me, that is the only reason they are both smiling)
We will definately be visiting them again before the season ends, we have already finished off half of what we brought home. What a perfect day!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Brynnli!

Yesterday was our little Brynnli's first birthday. I really still can't believe how fast the last year went by, it is very sad how fast her and Carson are growing up. In any case, we had a fun day with her. We wokeup and opened presents from us, and made her Mickey mouse pancakes.

Carson helped her open her presents and acted just as excited about all of them
We took the kids to the zoo and they both had fun running around, feeding the giraffes (actually Brynnli was afraid of them), and playing at the park. They both love being outside.After the zoo both kids crashed and Rick and I got ready for the small birthday party we had. We had our friends the Wernlis and their two girls, along with our friends the Dangerfields and their two kids, and then Grandma and Grandpa Tolbert came towards the end. The kids played outside most of the time in the backyard on our playfort and in the bounce house. Brynnli was thrilled to be outside in her birthday outfit.
She was definately less excited about the birthday cake than I thought she'd be. She can definately eat, but she wasn't all about the cake. She got a little more excited later about a cupcake than about this giant cupcake cake I made her.

Happy Birthday Brynnli, we love you!!

Here's a little slideshow for those who like that kind of stuff....
Click to play Brynnli's Birthday

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