More visits for strawberries

Adam and Ori came with their kids the weekend of July 4th to get their strawberries. I love that we have an abundance of berries on this side of the state so that people come down to visit us. I always worry though that other kids will be bored stiff here. We don't have that big of a yard and we only have girly baby toys. I think it turned out pretty good anyway because Caleb and Wesley have good imaginations and found ways to entertain themselves. For instance, They put Kilynn's baby pool under the slide and had fun splashing and spraying each other for quite a while. We took the boys to the fire station to see the trucks. Caleb was very excited to be lifted into the drivers seat...

...but the excitement wore off quickly. It was a little too scary up there!

We were glad Adam and Ori came down when they did. We got to celebrate the 4th with them a little early. The Saturday before the 4th we had a BBQ and made homemade root beer. It was a lot of fun and very delicious.

The boys could hardly wait until dark because they even came prepared with fireworks. Every time I'd talk to them on the phone prior to their arrival, all they could talk about were the fireworks they were bringing. They were very excited! It was pretty funny because Caleb made friends with the kids that live across the street and he was begging all day to go over and invite them to come watch the fireworks that night. At sundown, Ori finally told Caleb he could go knock on their door. He excitedly ran over and knocked. When no one answered the door the very second he knocked, he ran down the front steps, into their yard and put his face up to their front window to see if they were coming. Then he tore back up the stairs to knock again. He repeated this routine about three times in a matter of seconds before they finally came to the door. We got a kick out of watching him!

We like people to come visit. We're glad that there is such an abundance of berries on this side of the state to give family another reason to come stay with us.