Bocce Ball & Blackberries

Last night we set out to have a family evening in our backyard at sunset. It turned out to be a pretty spectacular time. The weather was just right. 

I actually took this photo before we ventured to the backyard. While Daddy "mowed the 'ard", Miss A and I sat on the front porch and made sure he didn't mow us. :)

Then we were off to play bocce ball (our new favorite activity). 

 He's looking sheepishly handsome because he lost to his wife 9 to 3.

Then our neighbor came over to talk. We talked for a while. He has a couple of bee hives in his backyard. No not the kind that hang from trees like in Pooh Bear, but big white house-looking things. For the last couple of years, he has tried to convince me to suit up and go in there. NO WAY!!! I'm deathly afraid of them. Along with his bee harvesting, he has a way awesome garden. A few blackberries happened to be ripe enough to eat and so he brought a few over. Miss A loved it! When he only brought over three, she said, "I want more, David!" So he couldn't resist her big blue eyes. In these series of photos below, she is standing at the fence waiting and hollering, "Bring me more blackberries, David!"

And this was the sad look she gave us when we told her there were no more blackberries. She will have to wait a couple more weeks for more.

 Oh, but she does have a cute blackberry face!