She Never Looked Better
This weekend we surprised Mamaw with little birthday party. Yep, she's celebrated another one...81 this year, but don't tell her I told you. But before any of the festivities could take place we had a few things to take care of.
All my berry picking skills were learned from Henriella and Audy Perry. You have to have a sun hat to make sure your neck doesn't get burned, a long sleeved shirt to keep sticker scratches to a minimum, a belted picking bucket...you have to have both hands free to pick effectively, long pants for the same reason you wear long sleeves, socks and shoes so you don't get poison ivy. You should always have a big stick for scaring snakes. I didn't have one...I had Papaw. 
We didn't have to go far...just to the hill next door. There were berries all over the place. The birds have gotten a lot of them but there were still plenty for us.
We asked Mamaw where she wanted to go...Red Lobster, of course. Terry and his crew, Sabrina minus Tyler...he is in Iowa putting tanks together, and Katelyn and Curt were back from their honeymoon with about 1500 pictures. I got to see 147 of them before the camera battery died. They are beyond awesome!
Remember the birthday girl...we thought we'd just light a few candles...81 might burn the house down, and that would not be good! Michael couldn't stand that it took her three times to blow them all out, so he just helped a little bit.
Remember those blackberries? Emmy, The Cupcake Queen, made blackberry filled cupcakes with butter cream icing topped off with berries we picked. YUMMMMMM!
There is always some kind of entertainment! This year was one of the funniest! Terry, The Dog Trainer. His assistant, Ella, was not much for jumping thru the hoop. I don't think he will be getting any calls from Animal Planet or The Dog Whisperer anytime soon.
All my berry picking skills were learned from Henriella and Audy Perry. You have to have a sun hat to make sure your neck doesn't get burned, a long sleeved shirt to keep sticker scratches to a minimum, a belted picking bucket...you have to have both hands free to pick effectively, long pants for the same reason you wear long sleeves, socks and shoes so you don't get poison ivy. You should always have a big stick for scaring snakes. I didn't have one...I had Papaw. 
We didn't have to go far...just to the hill next door. There were berries all over the place. The birds have gotten a lot of them but there were still plenty for us.
We asked Mamaw where she wanted to go...Red Lobster, of course. Terry and his crew, Sabrina minus Tyler...he is in Iowa putting tanks together, and Katelyn and Curt were back from their honeymoon with about 1500 pictures. I got to see 147 of them before the camera battery died. They are beyond awesome!
Remember the birthday girl...we thought we'd just light a few candles...81 might burn the house down, and that would not be good! Michael couldn't stand that it took her three times to blow them all out, so he just helped a little bit.
Remember those blackberries? Emmy, The Cupcake Queen, made blackberry filled cupcakes with butter cream icing topped off with berries we picked. YUMMMMMM!
There is always some kind of entertainment! This year was one of the funniest! Terry, The Dog Trainer. His assistant, Ella, was not much for jumping thru the hoop. I don't think he will be getting any calls from Animal Planet or The Dog Whisperer anytime soon.
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