Strawberry Girls

This month we also picked strawberries from a nearby farm. That was hard work! Why didn't anyone tell me that? But the work was worth it. They were the best strawberries I have ever had. And the girls got to sample the best ones while we picked. How great is it that I have two beautiful little darlings to do this with?

A visit from friends in VA

May has been a busy and fun month for us. One of the highlights was a visit from my college friend Kathleen and her 3 kids. It was so fun. I met Kathleen the night before classes began our sophomore year at Maryland when she was with this guy I liked named Bennett. Kathleen claims I gave her an unnecessarily hard handshake that night, which is probably true. I, of course, immediately disliked her. So when she showed up in my art history class (what was an engineer doing taking art history anyway?), in the seat in front of me, I was all attitude. Turns out, though, although she was with Bennett that night, she wasn't "with" Bennett, so we could be friends. Our relationship began with, among other things, weekly viewing of Party of Five in her living room where we would ooh and ahh over Matthew Fox (we still ooh and ahh over Matthew Fox each week in LOST!). Now we laugh at how eerily similar we are. We found out when she was here that not only did we have the exact same pajamas, we had the same bathing suit! Anyway, that's all TMI I digress.

So of course when they visited I HAD to introduce them to Boj's (right Uncle AJ???). Is that weird? I can't get enough of that place.

Her kids are so great. There were slumber parties every night and crafts and we even went to the pool. We had fun even though it was FREEZING!

You are the best, Kathleen, I love you! Thanks for coming!

Mom and the girls...

Most everyone has heard me talk of the granddaughters on the Mooneyhan side (1 grandson, born first, then seven granddaughters all in a row). Needless to say when we get together there are girls literally everywhere. For mother's day we were in Maryland celebrating Mom's birthday and I thought this was a great shot of mom and her granddaughters. From oldest to youngest, Zoe, Abby, Sarah, Mary Claire, Ellie, Sophie, and Phoebe. My dad is in the picture, too.

Gearing up for camping...in the backyard!

Last Friday night Bennett took the girls camping in the backyard. They did very well and went to sleep soon after dark (dark is after 9pm though now!). They were thrilled. This weekend the dads from Sunday School

are taking all the kids camping in one dad's wooded big backyard...which means a night free for me and a night of fun for them! Everyone wins!