it's been a busy couple of days!!! 

tuesday 6/25: we decided to take a trip down to erdle farm to pick some strawberries and visit aunt sue! the kids had a great time! rex didn't really enjoy the berry picking part, but he loved running around the farm, helping aunt sue feed the chickens, running through the blueberry bushes, and feeding the dog. we took home a TON of strawberries!!! we went out to king and i for dinner with uncle ryan, kari, and bella. the kids were great - i'm so proud of them for being adventurous eaters!! then it was home for some strawberry shortcake - YUM! 

then it was bedtime! bella got to sleep over! the girls were so excited!! they got out of bed a few times during the first 5 minutes, but then they went to sleep. they should have - it was 10:30!! 

 
wednesday 6/26: the girls slept the whole night through, woke up and played in their room for a while. once everyone was up, we used some of our strawberries and made some strawberry waffle sticks. we headed out to the mall for a bit and ended up meeting uncle ryan there for lunch. we went to bravo - they gave each of the kids a little piece of pizza dough to play with while the food was being prepared. when we were done eating, they brought out their pieces of dough with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar on them! it was a fun surprise! malloy's eyes were bugging out of her head when she saw it and she asked "why did they do that?!" uncle ryan took the kids back to the house while the mommy's shopped alone for a bit. then it was time to go swimming!!! we swam and then played on the playground for a bit, came back and had some taco salads and strawberry slushies for dinner. bella slept over again!! they went right to bed without a peep!

today, the kids slept in a little bit later. they played all morning but were all starting to get on each other's nerves. i think spending a lot of time together and not getting enough sleep was starting to be a dangerous combo!! kari, ryan, and bella left around lunch time for the day/night. we'll see them again tomorrow!
both kids took a much needed nap and then we did some tie dying before the gym.
we came home and neal had gotten a pizza for dinner! after dinner, the kids watched star wars with neal for a bit and then it was off to bed! here's to a good night's sleep!!!

 trying to get a picture of her cute little freckle face!