The last week...

Has been crazy! Last Saturday, I went out to Nampa to pick some mulberries to can. So you know the song "All around the mulberry bush" with the monkey and the weasel and such? Well, a mulberry bush is actually a mulberry tree! We picked so many berries and still have millions because we had no ladder, so there are a bunch up higher we couldn't get. Liam had a ball picking berries and eating them. I swear he ate a whole pound! He was a very happy, sticky boy! After we got the mulberries, we got a couple buckets full of cherries. That night we made mulberry jam and some mulberry cherry jam. It was so yummy!
Sunday was Father's Day. I wans't able to really do anything for Phil this year, but I got him a card. We had a nice dinner with my family and we made some more cherry jelly at my in laws house. Brianna's car broke down and we had to go rescue her.
Monday we went out to Kuna and helped Jake and Jenzi start building a fence. We spent all day out there and had a lot of fun! Liam loves to play with his friend Tripp. He wants to be just like him. He discovered the sandbox as well and he loved it! I thought I was going to have to drag him home kicking and screaming.
On Tuesday, we had to go out to the base to get all of our military id's and stuff for when Phil leaves. We waited for a while there and got everything squared away! I still can't believe he leaves in 2 and a half weeks! Liam is going to be so sad! He loves his Daddy!
Last night we went out and picked more cherries. We got a whole Rubbermaid tote full of cherries for jelly and to bottle! Liam loved the cherries too. He ate a couple of them pits and all. (That made for a few interesting diapers today!)
Today we went out with my mother in law for a while and then I made really yummy hamburgers for dinner. After dinner, we went to my parents for a while so my mom could see the babies. She goes through withdrawls when she doesn't see them for a couple of days. After we got home, I made another batch of jelly and burned the heck out of my finger. When pouring into jars, make sure your hand isn't in the way!
Tomorrow we are going ot finish painting the boys' room. We are going to try to move Liam to a big boy bed and see what happens. He has one of those convertable cribs, so we are going to try to convert it to a toddler bed.
In an unrelated note, I love my boys so much. Liam is so full of energy. He has been so affectionate the last ocuple weeks. He has finally started saying "I love you" to people. He loves to cuddle and kiss people. His friend Tripp was getting a bit upset the other night because he wouldn't stop! He loves to kiss the puppies too! Jude is getting so BIG! He has started smiling and talking an laughing and can scoot across a blanket on the floor! He weighs 16 lbs and is in size 3 diapers. Liam wears size 4s and weighs 22 lbs. It's amazing how different the two are! I love them so much!

The boys!

These boys are the light of my life and I wanted to share them! These pics were taken when Jude was a week old so they are about2 months old. I will post more recent ones soon!

Photos below taken by Sue Anderson- sueandersonsphotogallery.blogspot.com