Monday, May 21, 2012

Clifton Mill, Mother's Day and Strawberry picking

A few weeks ago we went to visit the Clifton Mill out near Yellow Springs (& Young's Dairy).  It was our first visit and it was pretty neat.  The mill wasn't as big as we thought but it was still fun to see.  The restaurant was good too!  

View down the river 
 It was amazing how much water came rushing off the side from the mill. 
 Cool covered bridge.  You can see the Christmas lights hanging down from the top.  They decorate like crazy for Christmas, we'll have to make a return trip.

 Throwing rocks into to the rushing waters.
Enjoying life!  
He tried so hard to touch the water wheel. 

Mother's day was good.  Connor had a rough day, so that made it interesting.  :)   Connor and daddy made me a macaroni necklace.  It was cute!  And they got me a glass frame/plaque that had the definition of a mother on it with my name. It was really nice, I loved it!  (I'm not describing it very well, but it really was neat!)


Last weekend we went strawberry picking at Fulton Farms.  It was a lot earlier than expected.  We went to the same farm 2 years ago and the strawberries were delicious!!  This year they were good but that year must have been the exception because we haven't found any that good.  We went with the Morrill's, Justiniano's and the Lucero's.  It was fun!!
 The babies hung out in the back of the van and we just took shifts watching them.  They loved it back there.  It was a lot cooler too!
 Matt had the first shift.  Matt and Paul (the Morrill's youngest - he's a week older than Briella)
 Gotta taste test the strawberries! :)

Here are just some other fun moments!  
 Connor and Briella 'wrestling'!  It's so fun to watch them play.

 Briella's 10 months old!!!
 Matt dressed Briella in her tutu for church.  :)
Briella Ballerina!  

5 comments:

Introspective Steph said...

I've never been a fan of Fulton Farms strawberries. i don't think they are as sweet. But, William and I are going to a farm in Cedarville to go picking this week.

Micaela said...

So much fun! I wish we could have gone. I meant to ask you if you liked them. Hopefully they were better than last year's! I love the pictures of the kids playing. I love when my kids get along and have fun playing. :)

J.D.Z.M.B said...

Love the tutu, its a classic Daddy outfit! I was just using my Fulton bucket the other day wishing I could use it to go pick strawberries (anywhere!) instead I used it to soak some of the kids clothes in bleach. Yep, strawberries would have been a much better use of it! Glad you got to enjoy them one more time!

Rachel said...

Wow, the strawberries do seem early this year. I'm excited we have a lot of pick your own blueberry places around us - can't wait for that this fall! We use our Fulton Farm buckets all of the time too, but usually to clean up toys : ) Miss you guys!

Monique said...

I am so jealous of Briella's hair! She's starting to look a lot of Connor now I think with those cheeks :) I was surprised to see Conner's short hair, he looks like our boys! Can't wait to see you guys next month.