Ready or not, here we come!

Although we planned our trip to Washington for a month, our plans changed when our friends and hosts, the Ogdens, came down with what appeared to be "the bug". Kim and Lanette Empey were so kind to be willing to house us for almost our entire stay.




Jake, Jana, Jack and Jess also made a spur of the moment decision and decided to drive up and surprise Kim and Lanette, and we're so glad they did! All the little boys had the time of their lives riding on motorcycles with the big boys.



It was great to have a nice vacation and relax with amazing family and friends. We must have had time on our hands to have painted this candy corn design on Jana's toenails. They look delicious enough to eat! :)

"The bug" turned out to be an abscessed tooth, so our dear friends, Jeremy, Esther, Zach, Owen and Avery, came to take a tour of the orchards with us. We picked BOXES of apples and found our new favorite, Pinata apples. WOW they were delicious! We also got to watch the bottling process for the Empey's amazing sparkling cider. It was really interesting to watch and REALLY delicious to taste!
We love you WASHINGTON'ITES! Thank you for having us!

Summer Peach Pickers

It's nearing the time when these two boys will turn pasty for the winter, but while the sun is still shining they will pick away!

You don't have to worry about where Cyrus is when you go picking. You're sure to find him at the top of the picking ladder. So dangerous and yet so cute!



If you look closely you can see the tears in Darius' eyes. He didn't have as much fun as Cyrus that day. Was it too much peach picking or too little sleep? Little Rachel Brown didn't seem to mind as much.