Strawberry Picking

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We took a small trip this weekend to do some strawberry picking. Jamie, Rachel and Chuck also joined us in the festivities. The weather was a beautiful low 80s with plenty of sunshine and the strawberries were plentiful.  We had so much fun that after 30 minutes, we had picked 12 quarts of strawberries.  There will be plenty of fresh strawberries and strawberry desserts.

The strawberry bunches at our house also came back this year and is finally producing some (minimal) fruit (I don’t have a green thumb like some of my friends).  Here are the first 3 strawberries of the season from our back yard.

Mother’s Day 2012

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We celebrated Mother’s Day this year with the

traditional breakfast in bed.  Katelyn and Kiersten were very excited and woke up early getting Peter out of bed to cook breakfast.  Mother’s day breakfast consisted of coffee, blueberry pancakes, fresh fruit, yogurt parfait, eggs and coffee.  Desert included chocolate.

Since Peter had to travel in the afternoon to Houston for a business trip, instead of a Mother’s Day dinner, Peter cooked a Mother’s day lunch instead.  We also invited the Myers over (Peter’s Godparents) also for the Mother’s Day lunch.  Peter grilled some shrimp, scallops and tuna served with a side of asparagus and pasta salad.  Combined with some great weather, it made for a perfect mother’s day luncheon.

Boating with the Murrays

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We took a trip down to Fredericksburg to see Lee and Karli on Sunday.  Since Peter had never been on the Murray boat before, it was a chance to get out on the boat!  It had been raining the whole week, but fortunately the sun was started to show for the afternoon.  We took the boat out and quickly headed to a nearby restaurant on the water for lunch where the girls got wet playing in the sand and water while waiting for the food.  We spent the rest of the afternoon on the water with both girls driving the boat for periods of time. 

Katelyn really wanted to fish, but since we didn’t have have any fishing equipment, we decided to try “toe fishing”, empty oil bottle with net fishing and driving the boat around to get the fish to jump out of the water.  The kids had a great time playing on the water so we can’t wait until the water gets a little warmer to actually get in the water.

Michael’s Graduation

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Michael Morris, Lisa’s youngest cousin graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Chemistry over the weekend so our family decided to drive the two hours down to the school to join in the celebration.  Although the rain stopped for half of the ceremony, it drizzled for all the second half.  The celebration continued afterwards at a nearby hotel with lots of food and conversation.  Rain or shine, it was a great achievement and we’re glad to have shared in it.  Congrats Michael!

Bowling

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Kiersten’s pre-school had a father and daughter bowling event this weekend.  Unfortunately we showed up at the wrong bowling alley so there was no one else there.  We made the best of it and had a good time bowling with just her and I. As a bonus, Kiersten had wanted to go on a dad and Kiersten only bike ride for a while now and so we took a 3 miles ride around the neighborhood after lunch.  It was a good time for both of us!

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