Pick 'em while you can!

Since Leighann is having a hard time keeping up with the blogging (she does lead a very busy life you know!) I am making my first post. I really don't know how often I'll do this, but Leighann seems to be able to find ways to keep adding activities to her schedule and I really don't want anyone to miss out on hearing all about us. :) Actually I'm kinda with her on keeping a record of our activities. We tend to forget some of the funniest little details of what we've done and just capture the highlights. Maybe one day our kids will read this stuff and say "hey! I remember that! Wasn't that fun??"

With that....here we go...

This year has been quite a bit cooler, luckily for us, and quite a bit busier (as stated previously) and so we didn't get out berry picking until last week. Now, berry picking holds a very special and dear place in my heart. Where I'm from, the U.P. , the berry picking is awesome! Wild blueberries are quite abundant and we used to go picking them for HOURS when I was a kid. My Dad always said we had to fill our bucket if we wanted to go home, but the taste of wild blueberries is beyond compare. So of course I need to pass this pastime along to my children and let them experience the sheer joy of picking berries. So we took them to a local organic farm to pick raspberries. Not quite the same as trouncing around the backwoods of Michigan, but it's about as close as we can get.


Savanah brought along a friend to enjoy all the fun with. (Thanks Lynette for the directions on how to link Picasa pictures!) The kids really did have fun, at least for a little while. Throwing berries at each other (especially the overripe gooey ones) does hold a certain satisfaction. Of course, not so much when you're the Dad that gets to help clean them off of your daughter when they splatter.

And once that fun was over it was a little hard for Katelyn (and to be fair the others, they just didn't get their picture taken) to stay focused on the task....

Now, where are those berries?

Of course being the anchor of the team, I dove in, persevered and stayed vigilant...with no thought of bodily harm..


And in the end, everyone had a good time.

Garrett "Hey, what 'cha doin over there?"

Savanah "This is cool"

Katelyn's "illusive" smile

Well, maybe not everyone