Yummy summer!

Maggie's ready for summer after a trip to the library.

 A friend has several raspberry bushes and didn't need all the berries this year.

So, we've been picking raspberries every couple days and loving them!

We've frozen a few, snacked on so many bowls of them, and made 7 jars of jam!

I wasn't going to make any jam this year since when our basement flooded and we cleaned it out, we discovered that we had 12-14 dozen jars of jam we need to use.

But, no berry jam.

Andy begged for me to make jam with the berries.

 Maggie went to a summer camp at the Wenatchee Museum.

She LOVES science, and so did the DaVincineers class.

This mask's name is Alice.  

(The rest of us call her Medusa)

 Another friend had cherries in her yard.  

Several trees worth.

With the rain, the cherries needed to be picked and used right away.

It had been raining so much, that cherries can get ruined as soon as the sun comes out.

They absorb the water, then the skins burst.

So, we picked a few buckets worth, snacked, and froze.

Maggie helped me freeze a bunch!

 Josh and Kelly after they got done with Trek.

Trek was in the Tri-Cities.

They met us at my dad's house down there.

We went for the weekend so I could go to a training meeting.

It was an unusual situation, with women leaders from our church all being there at once!

These are leaders for the entire worldwide church, and represented 

Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society.

 After the training meeting, Andy and Kelly came to pick me up.

(I can't see to drive at night)

So, when I went out to the car and saw Kelly, I asked if she wanted to meet the General Young Women President, Bonnie L. Oscarson.

Kelly was so excited, but anxious because she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and not something nicer.

I reminded her that Sister Oscarson would already know that she was at Trek earlier that day, and she wouldn't be worried about that anyway!

 We've still been having chilly weather. 

I love it, but others don't.

So yesterday we finally had another fireplace fire...

after picking raspberries in the rain!!!

 Anthony was using his fork last night with mashed potatoes!!

He's growing up.

And half naked, his preferred choice of clothing lately.