Every year around Father's Day and/or Marty's birthday we head to our favorite U-pick berry farm in Carnation. Harvold Berry Farm is a ma and pop type farm. No bells and whistles just really SUPER yummy strawberries and raspberries. The kids hate it. It typically is one of the hottest days of the year when we go and they melt in the beating sun, but do love to stuff themselves with the warm, ripe berries straight off the plant.
This year, opening picking days for strawberries happened to fall on Father's Day. Marty has no greater wish than to fill up on these tasty nuggets. So, off to Carnation we went. Because it was Father's Day the kids didn't complain as much as they typically would. The fact that it was a cool, comfortable morning probably had something to do with it.
In under an hour we had picked 32 POUNDS of bright red, beautiful berries. Who knows how many more pounds we stuffed down our mouths while picking.
We knew that Oma and Opa would love some strawberries so we headed to their house on the way home to hand deliver the berries and wish Oma and VERY happy 89th birthday (on June 21st) The kids had a great time playing Schafkopf (a German card game) with Oma and Opa.
The kids were great at helping me make strawberry pie. They are actually becoming quite helpful in the kitchen these days.
I love that they like to cook and I need to try to care less about a perfect outcome and enjoy that they like to cook with me.
No Father's Day weekend would be complete without a trip to Home Depot.
Happy Father's Day, Marty. I cannot imagine a better man to be a father to our kids. The love is deep and unconditional!
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