Strawberry-Crazy!

We joined our neighbors Scott, Danielle, and Aidan last Saturday on a trip to the Strawberry farm and had so much fun! The hayride out to the fields was Claire's least favorite part. She whined and covered her ears the whole way because of the loud tractor.

But once we got a strawberry in her hands, she was all smiles!

She started out oh-so-dainty with little tiny bites...

and by the end, she was a total mess! (the suglasses were perfect for the occasion!)

Claire and Daddy

Claire and Mommy

What a fun thing to do for Mother's Day weekend!

Now we're going strawberry-crazy with all the berries we picked. I made strawberry bread to share with neighbors and in return Danielle gave us some of her chocolate covered ones! We've had them plain, on cereal, with "dip" (cool whip) and of course strawberry shortcake! We've almost run out so looks like I'll need to go one more time before the season is over!!!

I've had the cookie cutter for a year so I thought this was the perfect time to make some strawberry sugar cookies! These are my favorite ones I've made so far.....

Daddy & Claire

You knew it was coming - every year we have to do our azalea photo! Look how much she's grown!

What she said....

I forgot my camera last Friday on our trip to the Stony Point fountains with Uncle Matt and Katie, so here you go!

Eagle Scout!

Last Sunday we were all so excited to attend Jake's Eagle Scout ceremony. It was a really nice ceremony and we were so proud of him!! Here he is getting ready to leave the house, dressed and ready to go. (You know how they say a boy scout is "always prepared".....hmmmm, something seems to be missing??)

Claire made it through almost the whole ceremony, thanks to a little bribe called a lollipop! She only made a few little comments, but got especially excited when Alison walked by with Katie and Claire yelled "Hey, there's Baby Katie!"

After the ceremony, we went over to the reception where Claire was greeted with a giant cookie from Rob's friend and multiple pieces of cake being offered! She was on quite the sugar high!

"Mommy, how about just 1 more piece of cake??? pleeeaaaase?"

Abu and Katie in her oh-so-cute dress and a big old kiss mark on the cheek from Abu :-)

After all the sugar we let Claire play in the church nursery to burn off a little energy. She loved it in there! I was having a "memory lane" moment because this is the room that I waited in for our wedding. I have pictures of me and my bridesmaids hanging out in here and the clock on the wall says almost the exact same time!

Congratulations Jake on this wonderful accomplishment! We are all so proud!!!