Real chicken eggs and strawberry picking

A few weeks ago we went with a friend over to see her horse and clean out the stall. The girls loved seeing all the horses, chickens, cows, and donkey they have at the farm a few miles from our house where her horse is kept. They even got to ride one of the horses bareback and feed a few of them apples. However the real highlight was when they got to go in the chicken coop and collect "real chicken eggs" from their nests. We brought home a dozen fresh eggs they collected and Whitney was so excited she wanted one hard boiled so she could take it in her lunch the next day. When they got home they were excitedly telling Jim about the "real chicken eggs" they got unlike those fake chicken eggs we get at the store. I sure enjoyed eating those fresh eggs the next few days for breakfast.

Last week we headed across the water to our favorite strawberry field to collect a bounty of those sweet, red berries. Unfortunately with our upcoming move we had to limit our picking this year but still enjoyed the time out in the field. It worked out well though as the kids kept wanting to run in 3 different directions making it hard to even fill one bucket. Our summers here have been filled with many great adventures with wonderful friends and the strawberry picking has come to symbolize the beginning of summer as the first of many adventures. Here are some of the "fruits" of our labors.