It's that time of year again!

Strawberry time! I've noticed lately that my blogs throughout the year repeat themselves (more than) a little bit. So, it's mid-June, which means it's time to pick berries! Today we had Grayson and Molly with us, so the six of us headed out for a half of an hour or so at the berry patch. We had another engagement, so we would have stayed longer- they were doing great! Actually, the 3 big kids were doing great, but Molly and Carter weren't so into filling the buckets. At one point Molly had a few berries bouncing around in there, but pretty soon she was all, "Sarri! There's no berries in my bucket!" (Except in her cute, funny little 3 year old voice.) Carter got about 20 berries, and then decided to go sit in the car.

"Why are you taking pictures right now?!?!"



This angle isn't really fair to Garrett- he, Grayson, and Maddy all had about the same amount. I had the most, and while I know my toughest competition was a 9 year old, this was actually the first time in my life I ended up with the most berries. I'm a terrible picker!

They all ate a bunch, and so far we've enjoyed them fresh and plain, in a milkshake, and I've made some freezer jam. But the best thing was Carter and I sitting in his birthday helicopter eating bowls of fresh strawberries with just a little TJ chocolate syrup on them while we chatted. I have no pictures of that because I was too busy soaking in his little freckles, memorizing the silhouette of his little nose, and listening to him chatter about how good the chocolate was and how he didn't know I was going to put chocolate on it, and wow he really loves chocolate.

I can't really think of anything better than this time of year.