Don't drink and drive

This is just a friendly reminder of what can happen when you drink and drive. We had been to our 6 month check up and we now weigh: 18 lbs 8 oz we are 26.7 in long and our noggin is 17.2 in around. We had shots so as a peace offering (and to stop the tears) a bottle of juice. Now keep in mind we are less than 10 minutes from the hospital. When I went to pull him out of the car seat, he was still sucking on the bottle. I had to give it a good tug to get it out of his mouth and quickly replace with a binky

Splish splash.. we're not taking a bath

It's that time of year. The temps are above 82 constistantly and Memorial Day kicked off the unofficial start of summer. That means it's time for the pool. We practiced in a wading pool in the back yard, then off to the real pool. Let's just say we may have another swimmer in the family.

Our first canrnival

Ft Bragg has some carnival grounds on base and certain times of year they are open for business. So we went. Ethan experianced his first Merry-go-round ride and his first Dumbo ride.

Sound of Music

Mother's day weekend Pope AFB had a Concert on the Green. They had the Fayetteville Symphony come and preform at one of the parks on base. So we grabbed our blankets, took a few snacks and walked on over.

we CAN do it!

OK, so with all the strawberries we picked this is the conclusion that we came up with:

1. When you pick 18 lbs of berries you need 15 lbs of sugar and end up with 24 pints of jam.

2. When taking hubby with you in canning aisle... bright ideas happen, and you end up making pickles (see above picture)

3. What goes better with homemade jam? warm homemade bread... yummmy (recipe in older blog post)

4. My kitchen is way to small for the amount of canning we did. But it CAN be done!

The best part is all the jars sealed and the jam set and the pickels worked as well. The only down part: our house smelled like pickle juice for almost a week.

Strawberries... MMmmmmmm

I love this time of year, it screams SUMMER IS HERE!!. There is nothing like fresh picked strawberries (other than picking the peaches off Grandma's peach tree or the cherries out of the Taylor's back yard). Look how pretty 16 lbs of resh picked strawberries are (yep, we picked them ourselves).....Wishing for one of Grandpa Bandley's homemade strawberry pies ... Wishing I had paid more attention when Grandma Bandley was canning or making jam...I guess we get to figure it out by reading the directions. wish us luck, we are going to need it...



Maybe if we are here next year, Ethan can help pick his own bucket

The BEST toy ever.. and it's FREE!!

It's our FEET.. They make us laugh and squeel with delight. They can be taken everywhere you go. They make a good snack. We LOVE our FEET!!