Whew! Busy weekend!

We've been getting a handful of strawberries every day from our backyard bed, which is great because the fun of watching for ripe berries and getting to pick them has made Jack decide he likes strawberries! I'm not going to say no to that, so we've probably eaten several quarts in the past week. Here's our haul from tonight, which we promptly ate for dessert:

Yesterday, I decided we didn't have enough strawberries. I like to keep some in the freezer for smoothies and baking year round, so we stopped at a U-pick place and in 20 minutes had this:

So now, not only do I have two gallon bags of strawberries frozen, but I also made a batch of strawberry jam yesterday too. Yum...

We've been working on painting our old bookcases white, and Mike also power washed the back porch, which really needed it!  We introduced Jack to two games from our childhoods: Connect Four and Don't Break the Ice. He loves playing games (although he didn't quite understand the point of Connect Four yet). We played this game a couple dozen times this weekend:

In addition, we visited the park, rode bikes, played frisbee, did yard work, laundry, and shopping, and I did a bunch of food prep today too. 

The evening (which was beautiful) was rounded out nicely by pizza on the grill for dinner. Mike got a pizza oven that fits on the top of his charcoal grill that cooks them really nicely, and we had a lovely dinner on the back patio.