Strawberries

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I have been talking about taking the boys to go strawberry picking. There's a farm, called Sweetberry Farms, that allows you to do this in Marble Falls - about an hour drive. We got up around 8:30 to check the weather. It had been threatening to rain so we didn't want to drive all the way out there if it was raining. Luckily the chance of precipitation was small.

We got out of the house around 10am and got there about 11. You have to pay for the box to collect the strawberries in and it's $2.95/lb for the strawberries. We showed the boys how to pick them. The first thing Noah did was try to pick the strawberry by squeezing it and yanking. It just squished in his hand. Then Evan and Noah realized that it was better to eat them than put them in the box. Noah didn't pick much, he just ate the ones we were putting in the box. Evan was helping pick and ate about every third strawberry. Noah was a total mess. I honestly don't know how he got strawberry juice all over his shirt and face.

After picking, we went over to see the horses and donkeys they had. The boys gave them grass to eat. They enjoyed themselves.

We then paid for the strawberries and got strawberry ice cream.

Since we were relatively close to Llano, we decided to drive the rest of the way to go to Coopers Old Time BBQ. This place has the best barbeque I've ever had. So it was well worth the extra time. Grandma had not been there but she enjoyed it. The boys, enjoyed it as well. They somehow managed to get even messier.

We drove home from Llano and put Noah down for a nap. Evan went in his room. Shortly after we got back, Papa arrived from Dallas.

Evan didn't stay in his room long and ended up coming down and spending time with me.

For dinner, Grandma and Papa took the boys to Waterloo Ice House. Rachel and I went to the Alamo Drafthouse to see "Date Night". It was really good. I knew it was going to be really good right from the first line of the movie. It opened up with Steve Carell and Tina Fey in bed sleeping and their little boy comes in the room and says "I want breakfast". I could definitely relate.

Apparently the boys didn't eat much for dinner but had a great time playing on the playground after dinner. Noah, who normally is timid, eventually started going down the slide by himself after working with Grandma and Papa.

Both boys are in bed now and sleeping. Until next time.

Mason

This morning I let Morry sleep in and took care of the boys.

Morry took Evan to soccer while I took Noah to HEB. Since we were going to Mason later and needed groceries, I used that time to get our shopping done. Morry said Evan did very well and soccer and played the whole time. He followed directions well and had a good time.

We left our house around 1:00pm and drove to Mason (about 1.5 hrs with no stops). Trent’s family and Lisa’s family were in town visiting JT and Helen. We stopped in Llano and got barbecue at a really good restaurant called Coopers. On the way into the restaurant you pass by the pitt and pick out the meat that you want. Our food was really good. Evan and Noah ate the food we brought for them. Most of Noah’s food ended up on the floor.

After lunch we drove about another 30 minutes to JT and Helen’s house. We had a really nice time. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing with the big kids. We mostly sat outside. They have a covered patio that gets a nice breeze. Helen also had lots of cats and kittens in the house that both Evan and Noah enjoyed.

We left the house around 7:30. They were going out to dinner at that time, but we weren’t sure how much longer Evan and Noah would make it. We decided to head home. We had to make quite a few stops, now that Evan is potty trained. We stopped at Sonic (that’s all that was really out there) to get dinner for Evan. Evan asked for hot dog. We ordered a kids meal for him, that Morry ended up eating. Evan did not want any of it once we got it. He did drink the slushie we got for him though.

We finally got home around 10pm. The boys are in bed now and quiet. It was a long and fun day.