livin the life

so that was just friday. saturday we woke up to this gorgeous day! and headed on down to ward's berry farm to the strawberry patch! if you haven't been... i highly recommend it. super family friendly and tons of yummy fresh food!
{side story:} i'm from oregon and basically grew up picking berries ALL summer. we grow them in our yard, blackberries grow on the side of the roads {they are weeds there}, and we have our favorite farms to pick huge flats of berries. that's just what you do. we can make berry flavored anything. unfortunately i didn't marry a berry enthusiast quite like myself, so i usually have to prod and convince him that fresh berries are a "necessity" in life. he claims he likes them but the nostalgia is not something he understands!
we took turns picking and ended up with these juicy picks...

which later turned into this... yum! the strawberry pie was delish.. the company was even better!

if you leave the camera in the hands of landen, these are the kind of shots you end up with. ;) don't zoom in too close.

soph enjoyed the view. she snuck a few berries when we weren't looking. pretty sure we are still paying for that several days later... if you know what i mean. ;)

we knocked her out from berry activity... there's just nothing like a sleeping baby.

later we decided the day was just too nice, we had to hit up the beach as well. brought along the trusty point and shoot. i'm getting sick of panicking every time sophie throws sand in my direction.
such a cute beach bum. the sand was finally not too hot to melt our feet.

downing licorice in her beach chair...

more people watching if you can imagine that...

finally not afraid to be by the water!

we sure are loving this apex business. it's going to be hard to be gone for a few weeks... but much needed time to spend with my family! here's to landen cooking and doing laundry on his own for 17 days. {darks get cold water, turn off the oven when you're done} we love you!