Strawberry Season.........
I love when the strawberries are in season. It's so strange here though because everything is about a month later than I'm used to: the azaleas, dog woods, cherry blossoms, and now the strawberries in late June! We're just a little slow here in New England. The kids had a great time eating and picking. I say eating first because I think we did more of that than actual picking. Isaac was really into it. In fact, he almost got left. The rest of us finished, weighed and paid, and loaded in the car, and then realized we were one short on the head count....Isaac was still picking.

Then we came home and did a little of this. My kids eat a TON of strawberry jam, so hopefully we made enough to get us by for a little while.

We took Emma to the airport last Thursday to go to Utah. Grandma got her all checked in and dropped off at BYU yesterday for her swim camp this week. I talked to her on the phone last night, she's having the time of her life: loves her counselor, roomate, all the activites, etc. I'm trying my hardest to keep life here at home fun this week to ease Sarah's pain of not going.

Adam is in NC this week teaching a course. On Wednesday he is going to visit his brother, Eli, who is serving a mission there, and comes home next week. It's been 4 years since Adam's seen him (since before Japan) and now w/Adam going to Iraq, it wouldn't be till next year that they'd see eachother, so Eli's mission president was very nice about Adam visiting.

For those of you that haven't heard, Adam's going to Iraq on Aug. 11 for about 7 months. The reality of it is starting to sink in and I'm getting a little nervous. I wish I could say we were having a great summer vacationing and playing, but I feel like every spare second is being filled w/trying to get projects done and things ready for him to leave. Last week I got a lesson on the riding lawn mower. It is a tight fit backing it up a ramp and back into the shed though....it may spend this winter outside the shed w/a tarp over it.