Sweet Cherries and Michigan Adventure

Our son is taking after his sisters and their love for reading. I came in the living room one day last week to find this beautiful sight.

Equally beautiful was this sight on another entrance into the living room. Ashlynn has picked up on the joy of reading as well. It's such a blessing to see her sharing her new ability with her brother.

It's Cherry season!!!!! I get giddy as each of the picking seasons begin. I think I picked about 60 pounds of cherries last week. Bryan and Elizabeth tagged along on the second trip and were great cherry pickers. Ashlynn was my champion cherry pitter, which is a really nice thing to have when you are pitting 60 pounds of cherries.

Elizabeth in the orchard.

We had a little bit of rain while we were there so Bryan held the umbrella over my camera. It was the perfect job for him!!!

We ended our week with a trip to Kairos (my parents' place up north) to pick up Ashlynn who had had a wonderful 6th birthday trip to Michigan Adventure with Grandma Kregel. My parents graciously kept Bryan and our niece so that the rest of our families could have a day at the park. It's become a yearly tradition for us over the past 3 years. We usually try to pick an off day and while the Friday before the 4th is definately not an off day, we had a wonderful time with absolutely perfect weather!

Daddy and his girls on the big swinging ship, which is one of the rides that I refuse to go on.

Here's our crew, minus me and half of our nephew who was not a friend of cameras at the moment.

Daddy and our almost 6 year old..... Whew, is that really possible? The big day is tomorrow and Monday is the much anticipated "Friends Party." Watch for a post sometime soon after that.