Thursday, August 13, 2009

Blueberry Picking!

Yesterday we decided to get out of the house and go do a little blueberry picking at a farm about a half hour from our home. It was so beautiful! The berry bushes were at the base of this mountain. We went with our good friends the Nelson's and had a fabulous time!

They had six different types of blueberries and we decided that we wanted to pick from the blue crop because they were bigger and sweeter!

We all grabbed little buckets and headed into the berry bushes! Berkley was so excited!
(sidenote: she still won't let me do her hair and it was sprinkling a bit!)


If you look into Berkley's bucket you can see ONE little blueberry. She was so proud of that one little berry...we could've gone home at that point and she would have been proud as a peacock over it! I know she doesn't look that excited, but every time she looked into the camera it was to bright and she would look down again.

Emree and Carrin!


Morgan getting ready to gobble up a blueberry!


The rows of berries were pretty close together so some of the branches tried to eat our little birdie!

Kennedy had fun too!


Shalyn & I at the end of our berry picking adventure.


All our work in a flat! The most delicious blueberries and they all came to $10! What a steal!

Of course, we made some delicious blueberry cobbler and Shalyn and I got together and made some amazing blueberry jam! It was my first time making jam and she was the perfect teacher! Thanks Shalyn!
Our next trip....Apples!

Thursday, August 06, 2009

WHAT DOES THAT SAY!!!

How many of you just know that you are done having kids...you can feel it? Brackon and I knew that we were done having kids once we had Berkley. We just felt complete! We were so sure in fact that we got rid of all of our baby things and all of my maternity clothes. So...it was a complete shock for us when we found out on Aug 1st that we were expecting baby #5! How can this be...well, we know how this can be, but...HOW CAN THIS BE?!?!


I personally thought that my jeans were starting to fit a little more snug because I was eating too much texas sheet cake! I was positive that the cottage cheese and yogurt that I had been CRAVING and eating every day for breakfast AND lunch for three weeks was healthy for me and was mad that it had made me put on a few pounds! I decided that I'd better not let myself go so I started to do pilates and PX90! That being said...I know that you don't start getting big when you are only a couple months pregnant, but this is my 5th so I am stretched out like a balloon and yes, my jeans are snug already! I, not being a fan of the "muffin top", have got myself using an elastic on some of my jeans that were a little more fitted so that I can wear them for longer!!!!

We've had a chance to let it sink in and told the girls and they are soooo excited! I went to the doctors last week and found out that I am 7 weeks along and am due March 27th! I've just started feeling sick and it's not too shabby...so far! I'm excited that I was unaware for 7 weeks and I'm hoping that this whole pregnancy with go by quickly. We are also crossing our fingers that we are getting a little boy! If we have a boy then we would've had to get new things anyways so getting rid of our stash of baby things won't seem so bad!

We are excited to strap on this new adventure and will keep you all posted on how things are coming along!