Visiting, Babysitting, and Picking Strawberries

On Monday, Chuck and I drove to see his cousin Elizabeth Blankenship in Powder Springs, Georgia.  We had a very nice visit with Elizabeth and then met two of her three children, MaryBeth and Jason, at a local barbecue restaurant for lunch.  We had such a good time visiting with all of them and remembering old times.  It had been almost 10 years since we had last seen Elizabeth and we can't even remember the last time we saw MaryBeth and Jason.  We wished Wana, her other daughter, could have joined us too.  We are definitely NOT going to wait another 10 years to visit them again!

After we left, Chuck and I kicked ourselves for not getting a picture of everyone to put on the blog.  Sorry!  We will be sure and get it next time.

I babysat Hannah all day Tuesday.  She woke up with a high fever on Monday and Crystal took her to the doctor.  She apparently had some kind of bug that had to just run its course.  By Tuesday, she was feeling much better and the fever was gone but she had to stay out of day care for at least 24 hours so Hannah and I had a fun day together on Tuesday.

We babysat the VW girls again Wednesday evening and then on Thursday morning, I went with Tafanie, Bell, Emmaline, and Ruby to the Southern Belle Farm to pick strawberries.

Bell is not a big fan of strawberries but Emmaline and Ruby sure love them!

Ruby REALLY liked the strawberries...all over her face, her hands and her shirt.  :)

Tafanie picked most of the strawberries but Bell and Emmaline helped too.

After we finished picking strawberries, we checked out the unusual see-saws...

...and visited the farm animals.  Bell really likes the horses!

Then, it was time for lunch in the rocking chairs on the porch.

A fun (and tasty) day at Southern Belle Farm.

On Friday, Crystal, Hannah and Avery came out to Stone Mountain to spend the day with us.  After lunch, while Crystal was trying to get Hannah to lay down for a nap, Avery and I went on a little Stone Mountain adventure.  First, we went in search of ducks.  We had plenty of bread and wanted to make sure those poor little ducks weren't starving.

We walked along the lake shore for a long distance and did not see one duck!  I guess they weren't hungry!  Then, Avery and I went to the playground but there weren't any kids there so Avery didn't think it was very much fun.  Lastly, we stopped at the campground store where we got an ice cream sandwich to eat which was very yummy!  :)