Berry Fun Day....

My family has a knack for making unexpected visits. All of the Crain in-laws have been a little shocked at this funny habit of ours, yet somehow we keep doing it. We even just did our own surprise trip when when we showed up at Matt & Karey's apartment in Oklahoma.

Despite its regular occurrence, I was nonetheless shocked (and elated) when Aunt Heather showed up at our door for Labor Day weekend (and for Lincoln's baby blessing).


So she got to join in on our weekend festivities which included raspberry picking at Butler's Orchards. We picked 6 lbs. of berries...

and did a whole lot of munching!


If it weren't for the ninety seconds when we could hear Ellie sobbing hysterically but couldn't find her in amongst the raspberry bushes...it was a berry fun day! (sorry to be cheesy with the Strawberry Shortcake talk).

With six pounds of raspberries in the house I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a couple of batches of jam. Not that canning jam saves any money at all after purchasing the fruit, pectin, sugar, and jars....but there's just nothing quite like fresh raspberry jam on homemade bread. Mmmmm.