Blueberry Pickin'

We picked blueberries with Oma and Opa on our trip to Alabama. It was really fun and you could eat all you wanted as you picked. Turned out it was a pricey little outing...the four bags we picked came to $28 bucks! To see more of the harvesters' action click here.

Scary Slide

Look at how tall this slide was that we saw in a park in Indiana! Would you have a slide like that in your local park?! Michael hurried up it and didn't want to come down the slide part so I had to go up to retrieve him and got really frightened!!! The ladder was very steep. This thing is an accident waiting to happen.

Future College Students

The kids enjoyed playing in the fountain at Anderson University when we were in Indiana. I thought these were cute pictures. They almost look like a little couple on a date like you would see where I went to school at Oklahoma State around Theta Pond. Two things wrong with this though...one-they are way too young to be on a date and two-they're siblings! No Kentucky jokes please:)

Cousins

The kids and I went out to eat with some family the other night while here in Montgomery. Mallory and her second cousin, AnnaBelle, took this cute picture where Mallory is looking over at AB. Her mom, my first cousin Sonya, and I recreated the photo like the girls'.

Fun Ice Cream Joints

We went to a couple of neat ice cream places on our trip to IN, Frazier's Dairy Maid and Jimmie's Dairy Bar. I love these old fashioned, kitschy places so the fun is really all mine. The kids don't mind the treats they get either.

Happy 4th from the Mattes!

Riding to Anderson

We just got back from the North American Convention of the Church of God or as we call it 'Camp Meeting'. It's held every year in Anderson IN, near Indy. We always stop on the way at an outlet mall that has lots of these 50 cent rides. The kids enjoy them at this age. Paul and I were saying in a few years they will outgrow them and not want to do them anymore. Then I guess we will be actually going in the outlet stores looking for 'cool clothes' for back to school. Right now we don't mind rounding up the quarters we will need for the ride to Anderson.