We went strawberry picking at Vollmer farm in Dunn, NC on Monday afternoon with our Lighthouse Homeschool group. The boys were thrilled to see the fruit growing in the field and to sample some right off the bush. I guess we are more "citified" than I realized judging from their reactions to the idea that you can actually do that. We had a garden in the yard last year and will this year, too, but somehow tomatoes and squash just don't compare with strawberries for them.
Well, I see it's been several months since I posted anything. I have some school pictures of the boys to put up, and probably some other things, too. Facebook has come along since I started this blog a few years ago, so that changes the venue for uploading pictures I find. I would like to keep it up, though, and have a memory book made out of it at some point. We had a lovely Easter Sunday. Rainy cold weather Friday and some of yesterday and then sunshine and blue skies today. Aunt Genevieve came to visit from DC and the Aucoins joined us for the traditional lunch at home. Brent and I had nursery at church but did make it up to the sanctuary long enough to see Aaron and his fellow choir members sing. They did a great job! Andrew had received a chocolate egg in Sunday School and than gave it to Aaron for singing so well. Those selfless sweet brother moments don't happen every day I'm afraid but I sure cherish them when they do. The boys also enjoyed egg hunting this morning and dying easter eggs last night.
If it seems like we just go from one birthday to the next in the summer, it's because we do. We celebrate a birthday in May, June and July. And we now have one son in double digits since Addison turned 10! To celebrate he had a friend sleep over and we went to Adventure Landing, a fun and games place with laser tag, go-carts, etc. Then on the evening of the 24th we went out to eat with Addison's grandparents at the Cheesecake Factory. It was a fun evening and also included a trip to the Lego store which is in the same mall as the restaurant. It was definitely a star-wars lego birthday for Addison (see pic), and he has also really enjoyed a new Wii game he got from us: Toy Story 3. We thank God for Addison! Also this week we had the boy's cousins from New York visit. They had a great time swimming, hiking and just playing around. (for some reason blogger is not uploading all the pictures I had planned. I'll try it again later). 
We kept with what has become an annual tradition of going to Duke Gardens after church on Mother's Day. Brent's mom and dad joined us, as did my friend, Jessica, and her three kiddos (her husband is out of the country). We had a fun time and enjoyed the lovely weather and gorgeous flowers in the garden. The last picture also shows the boys this morning presenting me with their handmade Mother's Day present--a painted coffee mug. Just what I wanted! 
I'm discovering that with boys, Spring/Summer might mean long hours spent at the ballfield. Two boys playing means 4 games a week! (I did not know this). We'll see how it goes, and are already committed for this season at least. Both did great at their games, getting a basehit each and Andrew even got to run home, as shown in the picture below. Aaron enjoyed walking around the field and wearing a dandelion necklace made by Nana.
