Strawberry Pickin'

Last night I decided to look and see if I could find somewhere where the boys and I could go to get out of the house for a bit.  I thought maybe the farmers market which is downtown.  It opened today for the season.  When I looked it up on the Internet I found a website for an orchard that is nearby.
I printed the directions and off we went this afternoon to Young's Orchard.  It was 45 minutes away.  The drive was nice.  Mason slept, Christian read and Ayden called out EVERY SINGLE motorcycle he saw (FYI, motorcycle riders can ride all but about 2-3 months per year...so there are A LOT of them).  "Mom, you're never gonna guess what I just saw!"  Oh I bet I could :)
The man that runs the orchard was very nice.  He gave each of the boys a basket and pushed us out the door to the field.  He said we can eat as many as we want while we're out there.  I ate only one because they were pretty dirty.  We bought 5.5 lbs of strawberries freshly picked by ourselves.  They were dark and so sweet.  They were small but so tasty.  He also grows onions, peaches, tomatoes, asparagus and black berries.  He said to come back in two weeks for the blackberries.  I can't wait for the peaches!

Christian was totally into picking them.  He loved it.  Ayden picked...maybe three.  Then he decided that it would be much more fun to run up and down the rows, which was totally fine.  We had a great time and we will most definitely be going back...very soon.
I made 6 jars of strawberry/orange jam and 4 jars of sugar free strawberry jam.  This one event made for a great day.