Idaho Bluegrass Festival

Yesterday we drove out to a fruit farm to pick strawberries and cherries but my camera battery was dead upon arrival (grrrr)! The kids were absolutely precious yesterday with their little buckets of fruit. Gracie placed each strawberry in her pink bucket just to hear the "kerplunk" sound, but then stuck her hand right back in to eat each berry. All of the kids enjoyed climbing a ladder with Phil in order to pick cherries. I'm so sad that I don't have any pictures to share.

Today we drove to a beautiful ski resort in Idaho to attend a Bluegrass Festival (with a fully-charged camera battery, of course).

After the long drive, Jared got out of the car and said, "Why couldn't we just stay home and listen to this on a CD." But then look at his sweet, smiling face after he made his bluegrass craft! He planted bluegrass in this cup that he decorated. This little fellow will soon have sprouts of grass for hair.

The boys enjoyed playing on this giant chess board.

Cooling off with sno-cones. Ahhh!

Here's Gracie enjoying her corn dog while listening to Bluegrass music with a bunch of old men.

Relaxing in an Adirondack chair in front of the ski lodge.

Gracie's turn! Lily was pretty much stroller-bound at this point--her choice, not ours. We had a very long day.

The boys really wanted to stand on a picnic table to be as tall as the mountains. The view was absolutely breathtaking. We had a good time today. The music was great; however, we were a little disappointed that nobody played "Turkey in the Straw."