New Activities

Damon and I have made it a goal to try new things and stay busy during the wait so when our good friends, Chris and Suzie, invited us to go raspberry picking this past Saturday we were totally up for it. We arrived at Mitchell’s Farm and the owner told us that it was getting late in the season but there were still tons of berries to pick. It was an overcast morning and was misting rain but we had a really great time and were very successful in the raspberry picking department.

Here are some of the pictures I took.

Suzie and Damon (in the distance) hard at work

Chris and Suzie pausing for a cute shot.

Damon was a berry picking machine.

I am showing off all the berries even though I picked a small margin of them.

Since we had SO many berries I felt inspired to bake something with them. The inspiration to cook is a rarity for me so I thought I should take advantage. When I was talking to my sister recently she had mentioned going to a scone party so I had scones on the brain. Damon found a recipe online for me and off I went. I was a little nervous because the last time I decided to bake it did not go so well. I used a banana nut bread recipe to make banana nut muffins, which would have been fine, except that I didn’t alter the time in the oven. Needless to say, the muffins came out resembling rubber. BUT this time my scones turned out great.

Here are some pics of my scone baking extravaganza.

Perfect berries

Scones pre-oven

Finished product

I am very proud of myself and love that we picked the berries ourselves and then came home and used them in a recipe. This is where you shower me with positive reinforcement so that I will be encouraged to do this again. J We still have lots of berries in the freezer so I’ll have to find some more recipes.

Finally, last week was a big week in Gladney referral world! It was very exciting to read all about “the call” moments for all of the families. Those are some of my favorite blog posts. I know it is way early for me to be thinking about "the call" but with all the referrals last week it makes it so hard not to wonder what it will be like. Will I be at work? Will Damon and I be able to receive the information together or will it be by conference call? Will I cry instantly? (yes) How old will the baby be? So many questions. Time will tell. I am practicing patience on a daily basis and grasping to the fact that my time will come eventually. Congrats Gladney families!