Raspberries, Raspberries, and....pears!

PEARS

Something we discovered when we first moved into our home (a year ago) is that we had a pear tree. BUT when we moved in, (pear season) there were NO pears on the tree, we only found a few on the ground. So we assumed it wasn't a very good pear tree or our neighbors cleaned it since the house was vacant all summer. We didn't know. Derek gave it a shot last fall, and pruned the tree. This year, VOILA we have PEARS!
We've been picking them and letting them ripen in our house. I have had a kitchen counter full of pears for two weeks now. Tired of them.
BUT we have picked and canned. Thomas has enjoyed eating them off the ground in the yard as well as helping us pick and put in the basket.

I love this picture of him observing the pear.

Don't be fooled by this picture. Most of the work was done by Derek and Emma, really.

Derek pickin' away!

RASPBERRIES

For the past few years we have had a tradition to go to the Raspberry Patch in Payson with our friends the Golden's.

Here are Emma and her friend Brooke.

Thomas loved the raspberries so much, he ate them right off the bush! :) (good gravy)

This was my view most of the night

If you look closely you will notice Emma is sneaking some berries out of Brooke's bucket. Little sneaker.

Oops, she's caught!

Girls played in the field.

Thomas loved the cows!

Again, this was my view most of the night. Little boy hanging on my leg.

We love picking raspberries so much, that Emma and I went back later that week with another friend. Gotta love raspberry jam! :)