I honestly had the best birthday this year! It must be the kid in me, but I really like having birthdays. Having my in-laws here was the best present I could have gotten! It was so great! We decided to do something we haven't done in Oregon before, but is a very popular summer past time. We went strawberry picking at a local farm. I was surprised how excited everyone else was about it - that made it extra fun for me. All the girls got really into it, even the ones who don't care for sweet strawberries. They were so proud when they found big ones and we had quite the stash of strawberries by the time we were done.
After we bought our strawberries, we explored the farm.
There was an old playground . . .
beautiful flowers . . .
a huge tire swing . . .
a baby cow, baby pigs . . .
and baby ducklings - see Sarah's expression, "ooooh those are SO cute" she is saying.
We had a great time. It was a fun farm, a little quirky (like finding the pig that wasn't breathing )o: ), but it's such a neat experience for the kids to see what farm life is like and the people there are so nice.Shortly after we left it started raining and we headed for Subway for lunch.
Later Vern* joined us for a Papa Murphy's dinner and Star Wars movie. Yum - the Veggie Delight pizza is the best! We also had poundcake with our fresh strawberries for my "birthday cake". It was the best.
I used my brand new Royal Red Kitchenaid (thanks honey) to whip up the whipped cream for the strawberry poundcake. It's so fun to whip cream with one of these! Especially when it's red!
Mom and dad sent me some beautiful flowers which was a really sweet surprise and made my day! Thanks mom!!
My sweet friend Angie brought the yummiest cookies ever - she is so thoughtful. It meant a lot to me. (o:
And Shannan gave me some beautiful Gerbera Daisies (RED!) Which have looked so gorgeous on my counter next to the red Kitchenaid! (O: Thanks everyone for the sweet gifts, phone calls, and birthday wishes. I felt so loved and love all of you too!
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