Fall Fun at Sweet Berry Farm

For several years Wes and I have gone to Sweet Berry Farm twice a year to pick strawberries and blackberries, but we've never made it for their fall activities! What fun! We started with the Kids' Maze! Super, extra sweet fun is how we describe many things with Wes, and that's how the maze was! He really loved running through the grain field!Our extra sweet farmer!
We then headed to the hayride! Very dusty and thankfully a short ride. We were then off to feed the goats! Wes liked feeding the little ones!

Time to paint a pumpkin!

Wes said his favorite thing of the day was making a scarecrow!

Here he is helping stuff!

Wes by his scarecrow and painted pumpkin!

It's time to go home! We have an hour drive and Mr. Scarecrow has a ton of hay in him! Our noses didn't start running til we were pretty close to home!

Mr. Scarecrow's new home on our front porch!

Fire Station

Wes's class went to the fire station this week as they are studying community helpers. The kids acted great and learned so much. While we were there they did get an emergency call that required the EMS truck to leave. It was good, because they could see the truck rushing off but the field trip didn't have to be shortened due to everyone leaving. I'd like to share one of our family's traditions that involves firemen, EMS, and the police. Anytime we see an emergeny vehicle with it's lights on, we immediately pray for the people involved and the workers who are helping them. I do hope that if you don't already do this, you will start.

Wes was very proud that he sprayed the water the highest.

Our Family Trip Day Four

Our last day came too quickly. We woke up and headed down to the beach. It was drizzling but we were able to still build a sandcastle and I was able to find some good shells on the beach. After a few hours we had to come in and pack up. Every year as we are headed out of town we stop for a picture in the big shark's mouth and look for souvenirs.

Our Family Trip Day Two and Three

Saturday morning we woke up VERY early and headed to go on our bay fishing trip. On our boat ride out to the bay, we were able to see many porpoises in the water! Very glad Wes could see so many in the water.

I think Daddy caught this redfish but Wes and I did out catch Daddy.

This is Wes hanging out after being on the boat for several hours. Soon after this he was asking to quit! The fish had stopped biting at this spot and he was getting a little bit bored.

Hanging out on the cooler.



Wes caught the last catch of the day! Flounder!!!

There's our little flounder!

Wes and I both caught a sheepshead. His black stripes were really dark when we first caught them. If you open up their mouths they have teeth that look like sheep's teeth. Crazy looking!

Yummy trout! It was the first catch of the day by none other than me! Wes helped me reel him in.

After fishing all morning we finally headed to the beach!
This smiley face portrays our entire trip! Lots of fun!

Wes spent many hours playing with his construction trucks and building different sand castles with Daddy!

Sunday was our first day to have nothing else to do. We had planned to be on the beach the entire day. We got our there early and had been playing in the sand for awhile. We were distracted by the woman running down the shore yelling to get out of the water. There's a shark she was yelling. We stood and began searching to see. Todd kindly ask her if she was sure that it wasn't just a porpoise maybe. He soon had to apologize and say, Yea you are right. Pretty unnerving! It was a good 4 feet or so and it was just so far in I don't know how it was able to swim around. We waited a long time and watched as it swam away following the current. As you can imagine Wes had no interest in getting in the water after that. We decided to take a break for lunch. At that time Todd was able to talk to Wes about the shark and the ocean and convinced him it was ok to go in. Wes spent the rest of the time in the water on his boogie board! I spent most of my time watching the water instead of Wes. YIKES!

Feeding the seagulls!

Our Family Beach Trip Day One

Last Thursday afternoon we headed to Port Aransas. We were all very excited to be finally headed to the beach. We got in around dinnertime and then spent the rest of the evening just unpacking and checking out our condo. We were very excited to find that our one bedroom condo turned out to be a two bedroom! Friday morning we headed to the golf course. I know not your normal thing to do on a beach trip but hey. My dad and Todd's brother had worked on this course and Todd and Wes love to play. The course is beautiful and part of it is right on the beach. Wes is running to me after hitting a great putt!
Wes loved writing down the scores after each hole.


Wes hit a great shot over a large body of water! We had prepared him that he would probably lose his ball. We wasted our time because he hit great. You can see his ball on the green. It is the one in the back.

He loved hitting out of the sand. Anytime he saw a bunker he'd aim for it!

After our golf game, we eat a great meal of seafood, and then headed to the beach.

It was a great first day of our trip!

Queen of My Heart

Last week Wes's little class held a party in honor of moms! It was SO SWEET! Each child escorted us in. We received a beautiful crown and some refreshments. Then the class performed several of the nursery rhymes they had been learning. They were each so cute and proud.Wes was the spider in Little Miss Muffet! He loved being able to scare someone!
With a little time left all the children sang 6 of their favorite Bible songs to us. This one was Roll the Gospel Chariot. Wes was trying to "roll" the fastest. It was a special time!
Thanks, Wes!

Another Saturday of Baseball

It was another great Saturday at baseball. We had a morning game and the weather could not have been any better. I didn't get any great action shots, but I did get a cute picture of Wes in the outfield. The game was almost over and he was not seeing much action. The grass was much more interesting.