Half Fail, Half Success

Well - Nathan had great intentions. He planned everything beautifully - what he didn't plan on was Juliet catching something nasty.  I think it was from the dust from the MAJOR reno we are currently in process of. She was all snot bubbles and watery eyes so we left our awesome family hike...no pics. *gasp* I know and headed home so I could give her a steam bath and clean that poor baby out!

Still determined to take on this weekend. he said to get in the van we are heading out again. The kids lit up and were pumped for another attempt at an adventure.

He decided Berry Picking would be the best option, so to the local farm we went...

 Seriously - if you haven't met Juliet yet I feel bad for you. She is the happiest baby EVER.

 The kids quickly went to work.

 Scarlett had trouble last year not eating every berry in sight. This year she was a lot better.

 Juliet was laughing the whole time. Literally.
I am told that when I was a baby I loved being on my dad's shoulders.
There are several pics of me looking JUST like this on my dad!

 Nathan helping Scarlett get the top ones.
Again - look at Juliet. She is such a crack up.

 We come to this farm a lot. This was the first time I had seen such a beautiful array of flowers in the pick your own bushel area.

Love these people.

The kids had an amazing time! 

We picked 2 watermelons one with a red sign and one with a yellow sign. We found out why when we got home...

-But -

Believe it or not the Yellow watermelons were so sweet and delicious and fresh - like you barely had to use a knife! They were tender and so juicy I had to wipe the counters 2x!

The red ones were just as good but there is something about trying a new thing that
I just LOVE about my kids.

Never do they wince or declare NO I won't try it - they always try and usually like the new item.
Today was no different.

We came home for lunch and Nathan took the older 2 on bike rides. Since they both are on 2 wheels now it is more fun to go on Daddy rides together. They were gone a whole hour! 

He said they went over 5 miles!

So impressive!

After the bike rides we piled back into the car and he surprised the kids with Bowling. They ask to go ALL the time and he thought they would love it! They did!

Lucas bowls like Fred Flintstone. it is hilarious.

He won both games AND got 3 strikes! He refused to use the rail helper, so it was all on him!

We came back home I made Chicken Tostadas - seriously loving the lime flavor right now.
We went on a family walk and then Nathan and the older 2 cleaned up the back yard.
It was in dire need.

To keep Scarlett from crying (since she is slow and not very helpful back there)
we came in and made raspberry crisp! 4 to be exact. We delivered 2 ate 1 and are sending the last one to work tomorrow. :)

It was really good and a fun end to our "trip"

Last week was really rough on me. The kids were more rambunctious than they normally are and being by myself for 13+ hours with no relief was starting to wear me down. Plus I haven't been feeling like my full of energy self lately so that has been hard too. I cried and felt like a terrible snappy mom which I hate and told Nathan I needed a break, a vacation from this terrible week and he sure delivered. 

Our kids really thrive on living in a 2 parent home and love their daddy so much. 

Looking back I really wasn't a fair or nice mom to them like I should have been and I am looking forward to this "short week" as a way to make it up to them.

I would like to report that the kids only earned 12 pennies in the yell jar...so it could have been worse. LOL

My goal this week is to appreciate them and show them how much I love them, even though I am stressed its not their fault...its Nathan's. Just Kidding. Hahahahaha