Cherry Picking 2018

It's that time of year again! Of all the fruits we like to pick each year, cherries is our favorite!

Between the drive up, the ladders and the amazing views, what's not to love?!

This is definitely the one fruit when everyone want to get involved. The kids all love to eat the cherries as they pick, so if we only get one bucket, that means they picked at least two!

Even the littles take their turn climbing to the top of the trees to find the best ones!

Sometimes the ladders aren't in the right place, so our little monkeys get to climb.

The crop wasn't great this year, but we still managed to pick a full bucket. We still have a lot of them canned from last year, so these are just for eating fresh. I doubt they'll last very long!a

Aunt B's Wedding

The kids and I were highly blessed to be able to attend the wedding of Rebecca's Aunt Bethany to her new husband Bob Beaver. Bob is a wonderful guy and we couldn't be happier for these two! Of course, the kids love the alliteration and have taken to calling them "The B's" and referring to their home as "The B Hive."

It was a beautiful ceremony held in their backyard with close friends and family. 

The kids got to spend some time with Great Grandpa, which is always a special treat.

(It's when she's dressed up like this that I realize how quickly she's growing up!)

Of course, the kids were most excited about getting out of their nice clothes and into the pool!

AHG Camp Caraway Trip 2018

The last event of the AHG year is a trip to Camp Caraway. 

It's a great time for the girls to blow off some steam after a busy year by doing fun activites like swimming

ziplining,

staying up late,

practicing and performing songs and skits, 

eating,

and learning together. The theme for this trip was "Selfless" and they did bible studies and had talks about how to be more like Jesus and put others before ourselves.

Irene's Haircut

On the morning we were supposed to be going to our first Homeschool Conference in 4 years, Irene decided that her hair was bothering her, so she did something about it. 

Something drastic.

And very unfortunate...

She gave herself a trim.

A very large and uneven trim...

So rather than going with my idea of taking the clippers to her head and taking it all off, Rebecca ran her to Great Clips and managed to get in without a wait.

They did a great job of fixing most of the worst places, even though some of the spots were nearly to her scalp.

Of course, she's happy with her new cut... She does look adorable with short hair, tho.