The day started early. Don woke up at 5:00 so he could go work at Radnai's in the cool of the day. Dylan joined him at 8. He obviously doesn't mind the heat as much as losing sleep : ) He got home around 9:30, just aheah of his parents.
Don and Waneta drove down from Merritt to help us with our cherry problem! In about 90 minutes, Don Jr. and Sr. picked between 50-60 pounds. Don said he's never seen a crop like this in all his years.
Here is our Queen Anne cherry tree, burdened with a ton of fruit.
They stayed for lunch and visited for awhile, and then made their way home so they could begin "putting up" their cherries.
Waneta and Sean playing a quick game of Golf Rummy before lunch.
The happy hunter with just a portion of the cherries he picked.
Dylan came home from work while we were eating lunch, reporting that the farmer across the street (the Geisbrechts) were selling a Nissan Sentra for $700. Don flew out the door...didn't even finish his lunch, to check it out. Well, as of tomorrow Dylan will be the owner of a car! Yippee, he doesn't have to drive a "mom van" anymore, nor do I have to share my vehichle (well, except with Don). I'll post pics of the car tomorrow, when we finalize the sale.
I drove Sean to the airport right after lunch.
When I came home, I started to feel guilty that there were still so many cherries that we were simply not going to eat or use. So, out to the backyard we went and picked another few gallons worth. Don pitted them and I stewed them. I'll freeze these in ziploc bags because I used all my quart canning jars in last week's canning effort.
Then, Don and I loaded up Nick and JoJo and we headed to Fort Langley campground. We bought a great tent while Frank and Heather were here. We no longer have the travel trailer (thank you, Lord) but we know that we need to give the Littles camping experiences regardless of how old and busy we've become, so we wanted to check out a close campground that we go to for 1 night just to check out how hard it's going to be to tent camp with all these children. The campground is fantastic! They have a pool, they're right on the river, and they're very kid-oriented. The only bad thing was the mosquitos. During the 30 minutes we were there we all got bitten several times. So, we decided to have a "backyard campout" next weekend. After all, we have a fire pit, a pool, an Air Bed, and the comforts of toilets and showers. We'll let you know how that goes.
Dinner was very simple: Dylan barbequed smokies. We kind of had dinner at lunch time, complete with veggies and a salad, so I didn't feel too bad serving just smokies. It was really all we had time for!
And then it was bedtime! Good thing Don can do this:
3 comments:
well this looks like another time i wish that i could be home and with the family. Those cherries look really good.
We wish you could be here, too, Nathan! But what you're doing out there in Virginia is super important, so please stay focused : )
We love you,
Mom
Danica was at that campground with my parent's on Saturday! She LOVED it and strangely didn't get any bites.
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