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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Summer fun

For all of our relatives that read this, I thought I would post a few pictures of the kids over the past several weeks just having some summer fun. Enjoy!
Loooove the rain boots. :)

This is when she kicked it into high gear. ha!



This begins a fun sequence of pictures. Ethan loves pushing this car around. He loves it even more when he gets to push his sister around on it!  He is quite strong.

Oops... ran her into the wall.


Costume change and we are back at it!

Love the smiles!
Proof that they do play together nicely. :)

This little guy fell asleep in the middle of playtime... still holding the ball.

She is enjoying the gator.



Its been almost too hot to enjoy their little pool out back. It doesn't take long for the water to become like bath water!




Love this little guy.



Ethan will be 11 months old next week. I can hardly believe it! I just had to capture him sleeping in this crib. Can't believe how big he has gotten. Where has the time gone?!


<3

Maddy is finally able to reach the pedals of her tricycle! (She got this for her 2nd birthday.)



<3


And this begins my favorite sequence of pictures...
 
Maddy fell asleep in the middle of the family room floor. Ethan had also been taking a nap, but obviously woke up before his sister. His looks are just priceless.
I caught him as he was just standing there staring at her and whispered to him to come to mommy because Maddy was sleeping. This is the look I got...


And finally...
He couldn't resist anymore. :)






Mommy: "Ethan, what do you have?" 
Ethan, holding remote, just stares at Mommy....








Maddy decided to dress up. She told Ethan and I that she was the fairy princess/queen and that we needed to make her some food!














Sweet Ethan, bonding with Molly. Can't believe our Molly is 8 years old!! He makes the sweetest sound when he is petting the dogs. :)





More to come.... 


Thursday, August 2, 2012

Blackberries!!!

 


Last summer, my mom and I planted some shoots off of my grandfather's blackberry bushes. Everything in my yard takes forever to grow or produce anything. The bushes have grown but most of the berries and shoots get eaten off by deer before I can do anything with them. 

This guy has a brother. They have been visiting my flowers for a long time. No more spots and now they have fuzzy antlers!

My mom's bushes however, have taken off. As a result, there were TONS of blackberries!!  Here's my baby girl picking some blackberries at Grandma's house. She could eat them right off the vine. :)




 We have really enjoyed them in the Harper household.  My husband REALLY enjoys this blackberry crisp.  Its a super easy recipe... oats, whole wheat flour, brown sugar, and butter for a crispy top. I also add some cinnamon and nutmeg. If you would like the recipe just let me know. I'd be happy to share. :) 





Hope everyone is having a great summer!