Berry Picking

Nothing says spring break to me like picking berries in beautiful weather with good friends. Although the pictures are good, nothing can show what a wonderful time we had.


Don't these berries just make your mouth water?



Fields of strawberries just waiting to picked, becomes hours of entertainment at a very reasonable fee.





Julie (otherwise known as Fun Gal Julie) getting ready to begin. Doesn't she look cute all dressed up for picking berries?


Her first berry (should I dare call her a berry virgin?).

Ian and Alex getting into their groove. Alex was so funny walking around with our Diego bucket and not using the buckets provided by the farm.

Our friend Alice and her daughter Violet. I didn't know they would be there and all I could think was "Don't have that baby out here with us!"

Our friend Cyndy and baby Wyatt on her back. Gotta love that woman. She inspires me every time I am around her. She is such a warm, special, loving person. How could you not aspire to be like her.

Here is Miriam WAY OUT in the fields picking with Daniel. She is such a sweet little girl and a wonderful babysitter :)

Poor Tim, Cyndy's husband, got stuck with my boys. I don't think Alex stopped talking the entire time we were picking berries. God only knows what all he had to say to Tim but boy did he really like Tim and want to be around him.

And then the eating began. Once the boys realized they could eat these berries there was no stopping them.

Ian's "really, we can eat them?" cracked me up. He is such a rule follower he would never consider eating them unless told to.

This photo of Alex is hilarious. With his hat on inside out, that boy is always out to make a fashion statement.

No, this is not my child, this is Taylor (Cyndy and Tim's son) Love that berry all over the face. I have an alarmingly few number of photos of Daniel picking berries. I guess that is because I was busy chasing him when he was within photos reach :)

The happy family (Tim, Cyndy and Wyatt) ready to finish up the day.

And their son Taylor.

We put Miriam and Alex to work pushing Daniel and the berries around. Seriously, they begged to do it but it does appear to be a bit child laborish.

And the clan is ready for lunch. Too many babies and pregnant women to last much longer :)

So we all sat down, ate our picnic lunches and listened to Tim play his guitar. Ian and Alex almost fell over on themselves when he pulled it out. They were in heaven making requests for a long list of songs that time (rightly so) didn't know.

They did some tree climbing

They got to watch a train go by.

Too loud!

They played around a bit with their friends

Or was it just the wagon they were playing with?

No, definitely friends. When you are dressed the same how can you not be great friends?

Or no, maybe it really is the wagon...

We had so much fun. A little bit burned but definitely worth it.