Pickin' Time

Yesterday the rain held off long enough for us to enjoy our annual tradition of strawberry pickin'. It was a cool overcast morning, but it was perfect weather for us! Last year we discovered an awesome farm in High Point called Ingram Farm.

The great part about this place is that they have so much to do there in addition to pickin' strawberries.

Finley and David really enjoyed getting up close and personal with some goats.

Finley even tried to feed one himself. He didn't quite get the hang of it, so he was one and done when it came to feeding them.

Then we walked on over to the fields to pick. They have several different fields that are huge! Pickin' those strawberries could easily be a full time job. At first Finley had a lot fun finding the strawberries and putting them in the bucket.

He wasn't tempted to eat them until David showed him that he could.

Naughty dada!

After about five minutes of pickin' Finley lost interest.

Good thing there were some horses nearby!

They were so beautiful and playful.

Finley even got to pet one!

And he was so tickled when they made their typical 'horse' noises.

We were not alone in our pickin' efforts!

Our friend Carrie came to help us out (really we were just using her as free labor and then made her share her freezer jam recipe with us!). Finley loves Carries!

I think we picked way more strawberries than we needed!

Next year I will try to limit myself to one bucket full.

But how can you resist when the pickin' is so good?

There were so many good ripe strawberries were we done in no time.

Because our field was a bit of a hike away this year, we got to take the tractor ride back!

Finley loved it.

We couldn't leave the farm without enjoying some of their strawberry ice cream.

Who says you can't have ice cream at 10 in the morning?

It was the perfect snack!

With the billions of strawberries we picked we were able to make 9 jars of freezer jam!

I am pretty sure it will last us until next season. And of course we have been enjoying strawberry meals every chance we get. Plain strawberries, strawberry short cake with whip cream, chocolate chip waffles with strawberries on top, strawberry salad, strawberries with sugar, the list goes on and on!

Thanks Carrie for coming with us and teaching us your secret family recipe!