We did it! With our 10 cups of blackberries picked yesterday, we made 4 whole jars of blackberry jelly! (We’ll try not to eat it all in one morning!) It took us about 2 hours to make, and that includes picking the blackberries. Main lesson learned: We need LOTS more blackberries!! The secret was the fruit juicer my grandmother had purchased a few years ago. Within 5 minutes, we had washed, drained,.. Read More
Tonight, we checked one thing off our “Summer Manifesto” and are well on our way to checking off another one. We rode all around the farm and picked blackberries. Kyndall loved it. Libby was too hot, and just wanted to ride the 4-wheeler! K with a hanful of blackberries that she picked all by herself! L with a handful of blackberries that her daddy and I picked! L took this.. Read More
This is what we do for fun on the Thursday night before a big rodeo. The county blocks off the street and we have an old-fashioned ho-down. OK, it’s not quite as redneck as that. They do block off the street and one of the local bands played while everyone danced. There were some country line dances going on, as well as a little of the cha-cha slide. The girls.. Read More
Last night we took the girls camping out behind the house. Remember that we live on about 400 acres of farm land, so when I say behind the house, take that loosely. Justin worked most of the afternoon finding the perfect spot, bringing rocks from the creek to circle the fire, cutting wood for the fire, etc. The result was a perfect camping spot overlooking our pond. We grilled hot.. Read More
To kick off our summer, we took a trip down to the beach with my mom and sister. We left the boys at home, so we were a little worried about how all our stuff (beach chairs, toys, nets, etc.) was going to make it down to the beach, but we managed. Okaloosa island is a small stretch of beach between Destin and Fort Walton and it was beautiful. Libby.. Read More
“Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains.” I love looking at my sweet girls sleeping. When they are awake, they are little balls of energy and I can hardly get a good look at them. But like this, still and sleeping, it’s just peaceful. Watching them sleep, I know that they will wake up at any minute and be off again, ready to conquer anything. But for.. Read More
We all ventured down to our creek this evening for a little exploring. We ended up with some awesome snapshots. She was hoping to catch something really cool in her net! This enormous guy gave us a little scare…I’m sure we gave him one too. He was resting so peacefully on the bottom of the creek until I almost stepped on him, thinking he was a rock!
Not only is my big girl graduating from Kindergarten, she was picked up in a big ‘ol limosine this afternoon from school! That’s right. At 5 years old. How cool is that? One of her sweet friend’s mom rented the limo, a cake, and put up a huge blow-up bouncy slide for them to have! And yes, in a group of princes she was the only princess, but she loved every.. Read More
I was going through my computer earlier, cleaning out files and organizing photos, and I came across a document I had saved when I thought I was going to start a blog. It was almost a year ago, but I couldn’t bear to delete it, so I’m posting it here. It is complete randomness, set back in August, right before K started Kindergarten. I think it was supposed to be.. Read More
My big girl graduated from Kindergarten tonight. It was bittersweet. I have been so amazed at the things she has learned over the past 180 days. Being a K teacher for 4 years, I’ve seen how quickly children mature at this age, but seeing it firsthand with my little girl has been a different story! In addition to the graduation, the Kindergarten put on a year-in-review play that was truly.. Read More