raspberries.

ever since i went fruit picking a couple of weeks ago i've been craving more fruits. since it finally stopped raining for a couple of days i was finally able to drag matthew to take me raspberry picking again. and this time we brought vanja with us! =]






we have to go again next week! and vanja, lets go see if there are any blueberries left =]

i miss.

thanks for talking, little brother. i miss you. study hard. teach me japanese wen i get home...i wanna learn, oh great one.

its true.

"Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity."

-Frank Lloyd Wright

fruits.

i'm a little behind on my weekend posts...this past weekend was full of fruit!

after church irv, matthew, andrew and i ate breakfast for lunch at hopper's. i've come to realize that hopper's is one of those places that i miss...not because the food is super amazing, but its just one of those places. there aren't any small town breakfast places back at home, especially ones that have the option of stripples instead bacon and prosage links instead sausage links.



after hopper's it was time to go fruit picking! the plan was just to go to pick peaches...but by the time the day was over we picked more than just peaches.

on our way to start picking peaches.

of course irv couldn't wait...he just had to try the first one he picked.


irv, andrew and i did all the picking...matthew just watched and took pictures.

this is posed. he was pretending to pick that peach.

andrew, you look a little scared of matthew.





kinda looks like we picked more than we ate huh? really though...we picked a lot of peaches!

matthew could barely hold all of them...


after peaches we went to pick some plums and nectarines...the plums didn't look that great. i think irv got bored.





and finally...our last stop was to pick raspberries.



once again matthew didn't pick anything. those are my raspberries hes posing with...


i'm definitely going pick some more raspberries this week. they're super good and i know i ate as many as i picked if not more than what i picked. =]

p.s.
thanks andrew for letting me steal your photos and thanks matchew for taking so many photos...you're learning... 

happy bday, matchew!

friday marked matthew's 24th birthday. yup, its true, hes an old one. to celebrate we went to eat dinner at clementine's in st. joe.


i think matthew and anna smile exactly the same.




irv really wanted onion rings...so we ended up getting a 12 inch stack. look at matthew stuffing his face in the background haha.



mello...you were here celebrating with us in spirit. haha. matthew got your text and did exactly what you told him to do...he ate lots of cake and ice cream.

i have no idea whats going on here...but apparently we heart you, matthew.

matthew through the years...

hope u had a happy birthday, matchew! =]

i heart fresh basil.

who knew it was so easy to turn an ordinary bowl of pasta into an amazing bowl of pasta just by adding a few simple ingredients:

• 1/2 red sauce and 1/2 alfredo sauce
• 1 lg blanched tomato
• fresh basil - picked directly off the plant
• freshly grated parmesan cheese

and to top it off a delicious bowl of fresh salad to go right along.


matthew, my goal is to leave you with 10 extra pounds before i peace out of berrien. =]

potbelly.

ever since i got back to the great midwest i've been craving potbelly. and yesterday i finally found the time to go.

an oreo shake, a vegetarian sandwich and lunch with irv. i was happy. =]