Blueberries, Tornadoes, Oh My

This past weekend was rather busy for us. The Greer's (Jim's sister, her husband and their two kids) came up for a visit. They made it up around 7:30 PM (Kaitlyn was already in bed) and we sat down to a nice dinner of white chicken chili. I have no idea what we did but I know it included a trip to the movie store and Wii playing. At the end of the night we were in bed around 11:30 pm.

Saturday morning the alarm goes off at 5 am. yes, 5 AM. Why? you ask. Because there were blueberries to pick about an hour and a half away. So the plan was to get there when they open so we wouldn't be stuck in the heat. So we hit the road before 7 am and it already starts to rain. We figure that it eventually has to stop....but it doesn't. We get to the blueberry farm and I strap Kaitlyn to my back and we hit the fields. The blueberries were HUGE but boy did it rain. Kaitlyn did great and didn't complain. In fact, after she had the taste of a blueberry she couldn't turn back and was trying to pick them off the bush herself. After picking we drove 1.5 hours back home. We were back at the apt a total of 10 min we decide to go to the county fair. Kaitlyn rode a pony , went down a big slide and even road a small ride. It was a decent time. We came home, had dinner, and took the two oldest kids to the pool. Again we hit the sack around 11 ish.

Sunday came fast. We rose to blueberry waffle (thanks jim). The Greer's took off around 1 pm and I went into the lab to prep some things.

Monday comes and I get to lab. i was there a few hours before daycare calls..Kaitlyn is super fussy. I, being worried that I might have given her strep, picked her up and took her to the Dr. No strep, thank goodness. I make it back to lab around 4 pm and get home around 8pm. THe phone rings and it is rescue group we volunteer for. One of our dogs that was adopted out was found wondering the streets. The lady who found him refused to give him back to the group (the group always remains part owner). So I drive 45 miles away to get a police escort to get the dog. Long story short, the department was super busy so there was a wait. By the time we got to her house a tornado was coming and we had to turn around. We finally get to her house around 11:30 pm, got the dog, and made it home around 1 am. I had about 3 hours of sleep that night. So here are some pictures