Father's Day Weekend

What a wonderful Father's Day weekend we had! This year we traveled to Germantown to see my brother and his wife, met up with our dear friends Jim, Lori, and James Risk, went to Baltimore to spend some time with them, and took the kids to see Storybook Live! (a Nickelodeon sponsored show featuring Dora the Explorer).

We went berry picking first thing Saturday morning at Butler's Orchard, which is near my brother's house. Morgan and James were SO excited to see each other! It had been many months since they had been together, but they both ran up and James gave Morgan the biggest hug. We hit the fields to gather black raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. Everyone had a great time. The strawberries were at the very end of season, so we didn't get many of those, but we had buckets full of blueberries!

Ms. Bossy Britches, pretending to be cute :)


Morgan, showing James how to pick the berries.
Gathering Strawberries

The Risk Family

Best Friends

Picking Blueberries

Morgan couldn't resist the fresh berries.

After we spent TWO HOURS picking berries, we headed over to the South Germantown Rec Park to the great playground they have there. We had a picnic lunch and the kids got to play on the castle and equipment for about 45 minutes. They had a BALL, as Morgan does every chance she gets to go to the park.

Daddies pushing their babies

We hit the car and headed to Baltimore after the park. Morgan enjoyed watching Bolt on her DVD player as we traveled. That is one purchase I will NEVER regret getting! After a brief stop at the Risks, we got back in the car and headed into the city to see Storybook Live!

Morgan and James were so cute holding hands. Morgan wanted James to sit next to her in the theater and they had a great time watching the show. It was definitely geared toward the kids, because the adults thought it was HORRIBLE! Actually, I would not recommend it. For the prices we paid, the costuming and acting was just terrible. But I digress....

Everyone sacked out early on Saturday, after a long but exciting day. Father's Day was spent just hanging out and enjoying the company of our very dear friends. We sure do miss them! We headed home around 3:00 and when we got home Morgan capped off her Daddy's day by falling asleep in his arms. It was so cute.

We have another busy weekend ahead as we have a BIRTHDAY PARTY for a certain almost 4-year-old. Mama is in a total panic, but I know it will all come together by Saturday. We hope you have a wonderful week and look for lots of blogging and pictures next week!