Berry Picking!

After Max and I went strawberry picking, I vowed to

return for the raspberries.  But, darn if those farms

seems to only have week day hours.  Thankfully,

grandparents to the rescue! I saw on Facebook that

Lynd's fruit farm would be picking black and red

raspberries last Friday...so I suggested it to Mims

and Grandpa.  They made the nearly 40 minute

trek to Blue Frog Farm (part of the larger

Lynd's fruit farm) in Johnston.

Mims did a great job taking pictures of their whole

adventure....so even if I wasn't there - I definitely

got the gist of what was going on :)  thanks Mims!

 They started out by picking red raspberries....

I think Max's job was to spot the berries and

figure out which ones were ripe.

They eventually made their way over the hill

to the blueberry patch. 

(Sidenote: isn't Max adorable in his little hat?

I just can't even with that.)

 

 

They eventually ended up in the black raspberry patch.  I think the

black raspberries were a little more tricky to pick because of the

thorns...but all in all they came home with plenty of berries!

The berry express (aka grandpa's car) dropped some off at

Auntie Stacy's house, 3 quarts at our house, and enough

left over for Mims and Grandpa too.

I promised Grandpa that I would make something with

all these berries...so late Friday night I turned to Pinterest.

I found a delicious cobbler recipe and went to work!

I have to say it smelled so good cooking....and

even though I don't usually eat any kind of fruit pie -

I partook in several pieces of this (with lots of

whipped cream/vanilla ice cream). Grandpa and

(even Poppy) were raving about it - so I'm feeling

real good about my cobbler skills right now.

(I may have likened myself to Martha Stewart

on Snapchat...too far? Never.)

 

I have to say...I'm so grateful for grandparents that

continue to take Max (and us!) on adventures!  We

have so many fun things planned this summer...

Cannon Beach! Fourth of July parade! Alum Creek!

Zoombeezi Bay! And we honestly, couldn't do it

without them! It's a million times easier (and more

enjoyable!) with extra sets of hands and eyes and hearts!

 

If you have a berry farm near you, it's a

definite must do before the season is over!

And take your grandparents! :)

xoxo