Strawberries

One of Mackenzie's absolute favorite foods is strawberries, so this weekend - we took her to the strawberry patch to experience picking them for herself.

On the ride down - Mackenzie fine tunes her picking skills.

I suspect she ate more strawberries than she contributed to our harvest.

She had so much fun wandering the rows, calling out "Strawberries - where are you?"

As we were checking out - it was mentioned that earlier in the week, there were so many strawberries that people were picking 10 lbs in 15 minutes!!! Magnitude of that blows my mind.

"Who is your best friend?"

The answer is ALWAYS Gracie, every time and without fail.

Here are the best friends cooling off in the pool and just being their best friend selves.

Celebrity Scoops for Charity

Good friends unite to support their "local celebrity" friend & TV anchor Jessica as she scoops ice cream @ Maggie Moo's for charity. We made her pose with our kids, as they often see her on TV...Mackenzie makes me turn her off in the am so she can watch Dora.

(Funny - Mackenzie was hesitant to pose for the picture, even after I told her that Jessica was friends with Dora. haha.)

Happy Father's Day - part 2

The PF-family daddies and children enjoy the recently repaired hot tub.

Happy Father's Day

"Yeah for Daddies!!! And Grandpa's & Uncles, as well"

Even the Fos-man helped to celebrate.

from the mouth of the babe.....

Things we have heard recently out of Mackenzie's mouth:

• after sneezing, "uh-oh! It's got HA-choo on it."
• The answer to any Why question: Why did you cry at dance? "'Cauz"
• when things are really good, they are "fancastic"
• as we are driving and see swingsets, etc: "I go to that park later" (this includes a neighbor's vegetable garden)

"Just my Feet"

As Daddy was cooking dinner on the grill on the deck,

Mackenzie decided that "just my feet" would go swimming in her pool.....

"Ohh - the water feels good - it is perfect!"

a pondering look....hmmmm...

alright - i can't resist anymore! Splash

I think Foster is saying " I told you so"....

shoes, shoes and more shoes

Is this a lot on Ebay??? No
Does Jamey know I took this picture??? No
Does any one little girl require this many shoes for one season??? questionable!

The reason behind the picture: as I was picking up around the house, I felt like I kept finding an ungodly number of Mackenzie shoes. After two trips with arms laden to her room, I decided to line them all up to really see what we had. Which is apparently alot! I will probably be kicking myself for starting this addicting habit this early....but I at least I can say that she comes by it naturally!!

(please note the Snow White high heel on far left...Mackenzie enjoyed matching and lining up the shoes and was INSISTANT that her dress up heels be included)

a day in the life of our nature girl

First - help Daddy weed out the front flower bed (please note: MORTIFIED at how overgrown it quickly became after recent rain falls).

See - even Foster helps pull the weeds.

Then, off to pick some flowers.

Here is one just for you!!

Lastly, use binoculars to look at the birds.


Just another day of being Mackenzie Jean & exploring the world around me!

gone fishin'

in the words of Grandpa Richard, "a bad day fishing is better than any day at work." So this weekend, Mackenzie was introduced to the fishing experience. She did enjoy it but got restless with the waiting part. Jamey did catch a fish, but unfortunatly Grandpa & I were off with the camera - so no good photo (though he did take one with his phone). Mackenzie did enjoy playing in the tackle box, reeling the fishing poles and drinking full cans of pop from the cooler. All and all, a good time had by everyone.