weekend recap

We had a great weekend!  If only they didn't go by so quickly.  Saturday morning, bright and early, Camden had a baseball game.  We had to leave our house by 8.  Not my favorite way to start a Saturday (the only and only day we can "sleep in"(meaning 7am)).  We had a great time though, and the weather was just gorgeous.  

After the game we headed to Brier Creek and ate lunch at Qdoba, since they were giving out free kids meals for Cinco De Mayo.  Yes please!  We love that place anyway, so when there are freebies - we're there.

Apparently Camden was so full from lunch that he had to take a break afterward.  Good thing there was a bench nearby.

After lunch, strawberry picking!  Finally!  We've been trying to go the last 3 weekends, but either a schedule conflict or the weather has kept us from going.  It was HOT though, which was a bummer.  Didn't feel very spring-like!  Oh well.  We had a good time and got lots of berries.  Strawberry picking season goes until the first of June, but I'm afraid of what those berries will be like at that point.  The ones we got this weekend are at the peak of ripeness, so they are already getting very soft.  If you haven't gone and are planning to still go this year, go NOW!  Hurry!

We went to church Sunday morning.  One of our sweet students is very talented with video-making, so he filmed us telling our testimony several weeks ago.  We finally showed it to our class yesterday.  I'm telling you... watching myself on video is one of my least favorite things in life. ;)  I survived, though.  After the video, we had a discussion about the Marriage Amendment.  It was interesting to hear some different points of view from the kids in our class and what they think about it all.  Obviously they cannot vote yet (sophomores in high school), but several of them seem pretty clued in to what's going on in the political world!

After a yummy lunch at my brother and sis-in-law's house, we came home for quiet time.  While the boys played upstairs quietly and Evie napped, David and I watched golf.  And I actually enjoyed it.  It was fun getting to see Webb in the lead (he's a high school friend, a year younger than us).  Unfortunately, he didn't win!  We had a super quick supper, then David and Camden went to their first Durham Bulls game of the season!  Anderson, Evie and I ran to Michaels, then went into the pet store next door for some free entertainment.  

It was Evie's first time in a pet store!  Her reactions to these animals she's never seen before were quite hilarious (to me, anyway):

"What in the world is that thing?"

"Umm, I'm not so sure about this..."

My personal favorite: 

We came home, I folded some laundry, and then we headed upstairs to get ready for bed.

Little did I know that Anderson was going to end up needing go to "stinky" and had to sit on the potty for FORTY FIVE minutes before anything happened.  Sigh... life with kids.

Kids finally went to bed.

I came downstairs to this:  homemade chocolate cake made by Will & becca.  I had already had a huge piece after lunch that day, but that didn't stop me from eating another piece that night.  Don't judge me.  Seriously, I said don't! 

 Stop!

A few minutes later, David texted me this picture of all the kids running the bases when the game was over.  You know the kids just think they're the coolest things ever.  Camden is second from the front, green shirt & blue hat.  Love it!

Hope you had a fabulous weekend!