Day 17 - Friday July 9th - Today we went to a place called Remlinger farms and went Berry picking. They are a U-pick farm and we were able to pick our own raspberries and strawberries.
The kids did a great job picking and we really didn't have a problem with them eating them all. Paige even told Mike over skype that " you have to pick the supper dark red ones not the kinda orange ones" so she new what to look for too. We stopped at Costco on the way home to stock up and ate lunch there. It was still pretty warm checking it at 87 degrees so the kids spent the rest of the afternoon out in the play pool in the backyard. While Shelley and I cleaned the berries then made some jam and froze the rest.
Day 18 - Saturday July 10th - We thought we had big plans for today but ended up forgoing the day trip to stay home and clean the house and allow Seth and Uncle Nathan to get everything ready for scout camp. The kids swam again we mostly just hung around the house today and they nice part was it was only 78 degrees. I made enchiladas for the family tonight and I got mixed reviews but it was only half of the little kids who complained which is a given on any night regardless of what we are eating so I'm not taking it personally.
Day 19 - Sunday July 11th - It has continued to cool down as each day goes by which is nice. This morning Adam was sick and throwing up so Nathan stayed home from church with him. We picked up our cousin Jaylin again for church and people asked me if he was my husband since they knew I was there visiting by myself before but nope not my hubby just a cousin. After church we came home and we had made the sweet pork, lime rice and cilantro dressing recipes from Cafe Rio and I made taco salad shells for dinner and we also had Itallian cream sodas to drink and then later after dinner we drove out to the Seattle Temple again so Jaylin could see it and then had a boston cream pie for desert at the park next to the temple before taking Jaylin back to U of W.
Day 20 - Monday July 12th - The temp was 54 degrees today and rainy, it is crazy to have a temperature change of 40 degrees in a matter of days but it happened! Nathan and Seth left for scout camp this morning and then we took the rest of the kids to the craft store to get some things to make travel kits for the drive down to Utah. We were going to go on a hike to an ice cave but the cold weather and rain changed our plans for us. So another day around the house but the kids also got to pick out a little wood craft kit at the store that they were worked on most of the afternoon so that keep them pretty well occupied. Rory painted a ladybug and Paige glued together and painted a little bird house. I think we may go back to the berry picking farm tomorrow because blueberries just opened today, that is one of the perks about living up here everything grows here and you can get it fresh off the farms!
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