Friday, July 3, 2009

July 4th celebrations

Day one: cherry pickin'

What are you doing for the long weekend? We've been spending ours picking cherries. How will we ever get all them off of those trees? I'm not entirely sure it can be done, but we made a valiant effort this morning.



Look at those branches!





Lizzy loved her daddy holding her.



Jane loved watching us all.



Ben loved covering his shirt in red juice. We had to invest in some stain stick.



And Leslie and Cam loved posing for this photo.



Jane has had a LOT of cherries today. It can't be healthy.



Brent was the only one brave enough to climb up to the top.

And what did we do with all the crop? Leslie and I made a very patriotic pie because seriously, what's more American than cherry pie? I mean other than apple pie. And baseball.

8 comments:

Emily Call said...

yum. that pie looks great.

have a happy 4th.

Sheri said...

So far your vacation looks like it is going perfectly. And love the pie...it is beautiful!

ginger said...

That pie is so cute! Cherries are healthy enough but human + too much fruit = diarrhea! Good luck with that!;)

Grammyzanne said...

That's a good looking pie. Hope you are canning some of those cherries. Canned cherries are scrumpdilliumptious.

Sounds like a fun time.

Janet said...

That pie looks delicious!

Jenny R said...

You guys are so creative - love the stars accent! :) looks like fun.

MaryAnn said...

I love cherry pie and your looks very good!

Lilit said...

Cherries are my favorite fruit!!! where did you find those trees??? I want to go get some!!!
cool pictures Laura, sounds like you had a better 4th than we did! good to see your growing family...