strawberry picking

This morning we drove over to Wisconsin (Vesperman Farms near Lancaster) for the 2nd annual Hoden/Finn family strawberry picking extravaganza! Last year our family alone picked 16 pounds and we were pretty sure that we would not be able to out-do that, but we somehow ended up with 17 pounds this year! Chris and I got them all cleaned tonight, but we haven't done anything else with them. I'm going to make some more strawberry jam (because now Max is a jam-snob and prefers his pb&j's made with homemade jam:) and probably freeze some others for smoothies throughout the year.

The strawberries seemed a lot dirtier this year because of the rain we got last night so there weren't as many consumed by the kids as last year. Chris receives the "picker of the year" award because he managed to pick a full bucket with Ivy on his back! She hung in there pretty well and only complained toward the end.

After we got our strawberries packed away in the car, the kids went down to see/feed the goats. I didn't go along, but Max and Mya were telling me about it tonight before bed. Apparently Mya didn't want to feed them, but Max was all about it. Mya started to tell me about some llama that had to stay in the barn because it was going to eat her?!? Not sure about that one...she was pretty exhausted so she wasn't making much sense!

For the Dubuquers reading this...they are opening in the fall for raspberry picking so make sure to "like" them on facebook to find out more details when it gets closer!















One more thing...when we got them all cut and washed, we ended up with 12 pounds of strawberries! Still a lot of strawberries, but we came to the conclusion that the kids weren't too selective in their picking:)