blueberry picking!

last week i decided that it would be fun to go blueberry picking. because i want this blog to be REAL and encouraging to those around me... i will tell you some details about our trip. it began with the normal hype, mom explaining to the kids where we were going and how much fun we were going to have. that was promptly followed by the two year old, "i don't like blueberry picking! i want to stay home!" Glorious day!

once we arrived and saw the friends that they were going to pick with, they got pretty excited. and, as you can see from the picture, it was a really cute place. we went inside this little building and grabbed our buckets. that got caleb really wired... i mean, a boy and a bucket... who could want more!

as we headed to the blueberry plants, my mind raced with the precious moments that loomed with just a few steps... you know how moms think... the kids first time to do this, explaining how to pick them, why some are blue and some are white, who made them, comparing how full buckets are.... and just about the time that i envisioned taking pictures with huge smiles and overflowing buckets - my daughter ran ahead to one of my girlfriends yelling, "miss steph, will you hold my hand." and that was that.... she had nothing to do with me the rest of the time! HA! she showed her mom! humbling... really, humbling!

caleb didn't need his mommy either. he'd pick them, throw them in the bucket, pour out the bucket, pick them up off the ground, crush them in his hand, and do it all over again!

i did manage to catch one moment when allie and hannah were visiting while they picked... it was sweet!

although i don't have pics, it would be unjust for me to end the story there. once we picked plenty of berries, we headed back to the cute house in the above picture for a blueberry muffin snack. it quickly ended after covering the floor with muffin crumbs, spilling maggie's coffee in the entrance, and having the store keeper calmly saying, "could you please ask your children to stay out of the garden area."

thank you, Lord, for simple pleasures:

warm texas weather

blueberries

passionate, opinionated children