It's SUMMER! :)

Last Saturday, we went on our first of many summer bike rides! We all love the fresh air, Matt & Kim appreciate the exercise, and Ian enjoys pointing out all that we see along the way. We made our way to the gully to feed the turtles.
After the bike ride, we headed over to Atkinson Farms to pick blackberries.
They were HUGE, juicy, and delicious --
perfect for collecting in the bucket ...
... or eating right away! :) (Doesn't Ian look OLD in this picture??)
Ian did a good job of finding the ripe, dark berries,
and he definitely ate his weight in blackberries while we were there! :)
We enjoyed a blackberry cobbler (and blackberry muffins and blackberries on cereal ...) once we got home.
Well, Matt and Kim did. Ian decided, "I don't like blackberries!" soon after we got home. Maybe he ate too many at the farm?? Ha ha.
Ian decided curling up on the windowsill looked like just the right thing to do one sunny afternoon.
We had some friends over for a splash party today. Kim had gotten some free Expo markers to give out through HouseParty.com, so it made for a great excuse for a potluck lunch, playtime for the kiddos, and chat time for the mommas! Micah liked the pool.
So did Maddi.
Ian preferred swinging since he had done most of his swimming while helping Momma fill up the pools before friends arrived.
Brooke and Maddi tried out Ian's new pool with an elephant slide ... super fun!
We also converted our swingset slide into a water slide. Most of the kids took turns sliding down, including Christopher,
Ashton (Allen and Caleb are waiting for their turns),
and Ian.

What a fun day with friends! :)

Updates:
1. Potty -- mostly good, still not wanting to poop on the potty consistently ... even after we made a HUGE deal of it last week. Oh, well ... time should help (at least that's what we're telling ourselves!). :)
2. Pregnancy -- all is still good. Praise God! Kim felt really tired this past week, especially while wrestling with a yucky head cold. Matt has been doing a great job of taking care of things around the house so that Kim can take naps each day. :) We'll see our OB again in July.