"Food' For Thought

The Reformation of Food & the Family  who wants to go to Texas??

Will We Stand for TRUTH?

The Vision Forum is a ministry that is dear to our family. We have met Mr. Doug Phillips and know his heart is one after God's. He, his family, and those who support this ministry desire nothing more than Truth to reign and God to be glorified in our lives. We support them and their efforts to preserve the sanctity of God's design for marriage and wanted to post this article to express that. The Vision Forum under attack . As it states in the article, the battle is not yet over, but we as Christians have a responsibility and I pray we don't take that lightly. Our children and the generations to come are depending on us. Let us pray and fight the good fight together!

Our Week Part 4 - Strawberry Picking

Tuesday morning came and it was a pretty hot day, probable thunderstorms later on in the day. We have been talking about going strawberry picking and have wanted to go for the past 3 years and always the time came and went and we missed the season. Well, not this year I decided. Kind of on a whim, the boys and I just said, "Let's go!" So we hoped in the van and drove to  Pollocksville to pay a visit to Parker Farm. The clouds were rolling in, but we thought we'd take a chance and I am so glad that we did. Not only did we just miss the rain, but the boys had an absolute blast picking (and eating) the strawberries, and we picked up a bunch of other fresh grown veggies. It was so much fun!

 The ladies at the farm were so sweet. I wasn't exactly sure how Aiden would do, but they gave him his own little basket to pick. At first he just held it and stared at us, but then as he watch David he quickly learned what he was suppose to be doing...

 David was super excited about picking strawberries and did an awesome job of picking the perfectly ripe ones, and showing Aiden how to do the same.

 Okay...so the berries go in the basket

 and then in the big basket...

 and then we pick more, now I got it! He was simply adorable!

 David was becoming a professional and having a blast

 and then Aiden learned the best secret in strawberry picking...eating them!!

 Having fun and filling up the basket

 Our sweet strawberry boys

 and back to work, eating that is.

 Always looking for an educational moment, David said, "Mommy look at these beautiful flowers, what are they?" And so we learned about the development of a strawberry. Who says homeschool is no fun?

 David wanted to demonstrate the four different stages we saw. Isn't God's design amazing? And delicious!

 Completely covered in strawberries and full of lifelong memories together. Aiden puts the strawberry in strawberry blonde, literally. He was a mess!

Our final picking was about 7lbs of strawberries, but at $0.49/lb you can't go wrong. The next day we purchased some jars and made our first batch of strawberry jam, but I will save that for another blog post.

In another note, May 15th was also my sister's birthday. We cannot wait to see her and her family when we all visit Michigan in the summer. "Happy Birthday Aunme Jamie!! We love you!"

Our Week in Review Part 3 - Boys

 Silly Billys in hats

 Goofey Boys!

 Like Big Brother, Like Little Brother

 Brother music time

Perhaps one day this will be added to family worship time. :)

Our Week Part 2 - Union Point Park

Our friends, the Houghtons, met up with us downtown and after they had their turn looking at all the old cars, we decided to walk down to Union Point Park. There are always tons of seagulls, ducks, and pigeons to feed. Dylan, their oldest told me that he had found a bunch of shark teeth in the gravel when his class was downtown for a field trip, and sure enough it wasn't 20 minutes and we had a pile of ones we'd found. Aiden stayed in his stroller for a bit, but then he couldn't take it any longer either, he wanted out so he could explore. Now David was he was a toddler, he could not stand the way the sand felt on his hands or feet. If we ever went to the beach we'd have to lay a towel down just so none would touch him. Aiden, well, Aiden is his own character. Not only did he LOVE the sand, but he eventually was digging his hands and feet into it, splashing water and mud, and throwing it and rubbing it all into his hair. (Now that is what I call sandy blonde) haha I know so funny...

 Baby Ducklings are always cute!

 Searching for shark teeth

 David & CJ found a dead crab.

 Aiden learning the cause & effect of pacis in the sand

 David, king of the tree

 More sand exploration

 and moving onto mud

 Posing for a quick picture

and silly face time! 

 Falling off the log

 David & Kylee with one more silly face moment

 Afterwards we walked back to the Cow Cafe for a nice cool treat. CJ & David won the messiest eater awards that day, though Kylee was a close 2nd.

 and Aiden too. YUMMY!

We had a great afternoon with great friends!



Our Week Part 1 - Car Show

I took lots of pictures this past week of all kinds of things that we did so I am going to break up the blog posts individually so there isn't 30 pictures on one post. I hope you enjoy!!

First stop was after Upward Soccer last Saturday we headed downtown to see the last hour or so of the car show. I honestly don't know much about cars, but they can be fun to look at especially on a perfectly beautiful Saturday afternoon. Who doesn't LOVE walking around downtown New Bern on that kind of day? The first car we saw was from 1912, looks pretty great for being 100 years old! David stopped and smiled at all the cars that he liked so now you can see his preferences. Most of the cars he had recognized from movies or he simply thought they looked cool.

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!