Company, company. Where would we be without company?

This past weekend we had some of Dad's old highschool friends down from NY. The Giardinas and Dad go wayyyyy back, and they come often in their huge long bus and visit us. Dad and Mr. Mark ended up taking off the entire counter-top, lifting it over the wall into the living room, putting on the back-splash, and then putting it back on. In the meantime the rest of us went berry-picking.

It started to rain right as we were wrapping up so we dashed to the van...only to see that it had died. It's a common problem in our home, actually. All you have to do is bang the battery with something and wiggle the wires. So I did that [in the pouring rain] to no avail [in the pouring rain.]

It was fun, by the way, though there was some danger, I suppose, of getting electrocuted. In the end we finally managed to pull a Damsel-in-Distress moment and the nice Blueberry Man gave us a jump as well as 4 bags of tomatoes, 3 bags of okra, and 4 pints of blueberries for free. :)

*win* ;)

Last night we ended up going out to dinner at the local pizza-place--a very rare treat for us! It was delicious. Absolutely delicious. All the more delicious because I knew that the next morning (this morning) I'd begin "shrinkage" and not be eating flour or sugar. 

(All right...I'm hungry now and this is looking even better than it did last night!)

Of course sitting next to the baby insures you a prime opportunity to snag the free packets of crackers for yourself...

"I'm innocent! Rah-ly I am." ;)

Sarah's 18 now...that means she gets to start wearing makeup. :)

Benj, Grace, and Abby chillin' on the front porch.

He's almost walking! Still needs a little help, but he's getting bolder.

"Would you like to see my mask?" ;)

It was a great weekend and I was so blessed that the Giardinas could come, that we could go berry-picking, that we could hang out, and then top it all off with pizza! :)