Yummy!

I love raspberries! And so do my boys. So I've been anxious to get out and go pick some. Yesterday ended up working out for us and I was so glad.
After dropping Kevin off at the warehouse we headed over to Cornaby's in Salem. The nice old man gave us some buckets and off we went. The boys were really excited at first. They each picked about 20 raspberries and then were distracted by the raspberry picking machine.

I think that discouraged Ry a bit because he asked me if we could get our own machine so it would pick the raspberries faster! But we pushed on and kept our little fingers busy, picking nearly 3 pounds. I wanted more but it was getting hot, the boys were starting to throw dirt at each other, and it was getting close to lunch time. So after chatting with the nice old man and paying for our goods, we headed home to make some jam!

It took me all afternoon to get the jam made. It was only freezer jam so it should have been done in 5 minutes, but it wasn't. A minute here and a minute there got the job done. I only have 6 little bottles in my freezer--I'm for sure gonna have to go pick more. (Although a girl at book group last night told me about a place in Payson that's cheaper. It's the patch I went to last year so I might have to go find it again.)

Rylan had his kindergarten assessment this morning. Is it a bad sign for the first day of school when I nearly lost it at his assessment? I wasn't even thinking about how big he's getting but as soon as we saw his teacher I got tears in my eyes. I hurried him into the classroom so I could go in the hall and take a deep breath! I was filling out paperwork in the hall, with Asher and Tyce, trying to listen in. I didn't hear much but he seemed content and willing to show his teacher how smart he is. Afterward she told me he was right on track and he'll do really well in kindergarten. Of course he will! Miss Miles is real cute and I think Ry is gonna have a great year. There are some kids in his class that we know. Four of us from my book group have boys in the same class! There are a few more from our ward, too and another boy from Ry's preschool. He's gonna have fun! (I just can't believe I have a kindergartener!!)