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The Little Things - Mid Sept.

Picking Blueberries With Grandma Debbie

At the end of August last year Gabe's parents came to visit us.  One of our first outings together was to go to a nearby blueberry farm.  It is literally just down the street which was nice so we left Carter at home with Grandpa and were able to get back before he woke up.

Everyone was excited to get started filling their buckets.

Grandma helped Preston pick berries at first.

Then she got down to business and did some serious picking...

but of course kept going back to helping Preston out.

He wasn't quite sure what to do with them,

so she told him to put them in his bucket.

I was able to have some peace and quiet while I picked on my own.

Gabe was nice enough to get me in a few of the pictures. ;)

After a little bit of picking we decided to venture over and see what this was all about, unfortunately the inside was all covered in spiders and other yucky things.

When Preston realized he couldn't play in it he ran right back to the blueberry plants.

He is so mischevious.

Now he's got the art of blueberry picking down.

...and has always had the art of blueberry eating down.

He could probably eat blueberries all day long if I let him.  Notice how empty his bucket is.  He was picking the entire time, but most of them ended up inside of his tummy rather than his bucket.

When we were done filling our buckets Grandma took Preston over to the little stream to look for frogs.

When we couldn't find any we decided to take pictures instead.

Preston is always more agreeable when someone else has the camera.

I like this "family" picture Grandma Debbie took for us, too bad Carter was at home sleeping though. ;)

Gabe gave Preston a ride on his shoulder's back to the car...

while I took a few pictures of nature.

Overall, we had a fun and full little outing, in more ways than one. ;)

Carter's Laugh

Carter has been a happy baby since the very beginning.  He was around two months when these pictures were taken.  Thanks to Grandma Debbie for capturing me making him laugh. ;)
Big smile,

Bigger,

and biggest.

I will cherish these memories forever.

A Day at the Beach with Daddy and Grandma

I had a dentist appt. one afternoon in Augurst while Gabe's mom was visiting, so since we were already nearby we picked Gabe up from work and had a fun evening at the beach together.

Grandma stayed and took care of Carter in the shade for a while.

Of course Preston took off running toward the water the moment we got there.

This was the first time Gabe was able to play out with him since we usually went during playgroup.

They had a lot of fun together!

Gabe even tried out Preston's floatie.

After a little while Preston decided to warm up in the sand.  The water was really cold that day.

Maybe he thought burying himself in sand would warm him up.

He eventually found his sand toys

and realized he would be better off if he just filled that up with sand instead.

The warmest water was in the puddle  someone had dug, so Gabe and Preston had a fun time jumping

over

and over again

while Grandma watched from the sidelines.

Just in case you couldn't tell.  I was there too. ;)

We also went out for Japanese that day at our favorite place.  It was so yummy!

Fresh Produce

We've gotten a lot of food right out of our backyard this year.  Preston loved going out and helping daddy pick it, starting with the blueberries...

Of course he had to taste them too.

More than once. ;)

We also got a lot of zuchinni.

Which Preston loves, but didn't try eating right away.

Don't you just love his swimming hair and "sweat" outfit?