Raspberry Picking!

One of my very favorite traditions!  Raspberry Picking!  This year we went with my dear friend Deborah and her four great boys!  (If you thought Elizabeth was outnumbered before....)  =)

 

 Nathan, Isaac, Dallin, and Joshua

 Deborah

 My raspberry patch girl!

I was amazed at what hard workers all of the children were!  It's good Deborah wanted to make a serious amount of jam!  I think in the end she made almost 20 jars and I made about 15 half-pints myself.  

A small petting farm on the same property.  Elizabeth's first time seeing real pigs!  She was snorting up a storm!

The unexpected "attraction" was the toad Nathan found in the grass.  "Mr. Grumpy Pants"

We just had to try a few of our raspberries in what we had left of homemade ice cream fixins' from last week!  Good stuff!