Huckleberry Picking

Huckleberry picking is alway on our list of things to do in the summer.  Some years we make it up and some years we don't.  Today we did!  It has become an activity we love to do with Grandma and Grandpa Ricks.  We sure miss them when they are gone!  It was raining so we decided to stop at the Heise Pizza Parlor first and hoped the clouds would break, and lucky for us our plan worked!  However, when we got to "our spot" there was a red truck parked close and as we got out of the car there was somebody picking right in the good spot.  Bummer.  So we walked across the street and started picking.  It was not near as good as across the street, but what can you do?

Ashlynn, Analee and Brooklyn.

This is about all we got from picking on the wrong side of the street :-)

 So Todd got frustrated and walked back to the car to leave I guess.  Anyway, he wasn't going to leave without taking a better look at the invader.  So the closer he got he recognized the man and his two daughters. . . . .

Our neighbors and friends the Johnsons!  What are the chances?  They have been picking in the same spot as us for 5 years.  Soooooo funny.  So we got to share "our spot" for the rest of the afternoon.  

Todd was so much happier to be in his traditional spot and enjoyed the conversation with Aaron.

What a fun treat!  We ended up with more than 1/2 gallon of Huckleberries!

 
We sure missed the boys today.  The buckets sure fill up faster with the help of these three kiddos.  Braeden drove the three of them to Boise today to the Boise Music Festival.  They saw Carly Rae Jepsen and Jason Derulo.  How crazy is that, my boys are old enough to go on their own?  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  But I am glad they are having fun!