It has been a crazy week! On Monday, I was going about my normal business, when I found out about an opportunity to go to pick cherries on Tuesday. It had to be Tuesday, because they were likely cutting down all the trees on Wednesday to make room for more pears. Also, the orchard was an hour and a half away in Hood River. I quickly rearranged my schedule and made plans to go out the next day.
On Tuesday morning, Elsie and I headed out with a guy from our church to go pick. It was a long day of driving and picking in the sun. We ended up with probably close to 100lbs of the most beautiful cherries. We also got to experience some amazing views along the way. We got home on Tuesday afternoon. I was exhausted and unsure what to do next in dealing with all the cherries. I had a baseball game to go to and then I found out that Carrigan got approved to have a booth at the farmer's market in town then next day.
To say that the next 36 hours was a whirlwind would be an understatement. We had 2 baseball games, one over an hour away from our house. I was running all over town to collect things CC still needed to get ready for the market. We had to be at the market super early to get set up and make sure we had everything we need since it was her first one. We rolled right from that into the market itself.
The market was an overall success. We had several people we know come by and support her. She also got really positive feedback from those who came by. She ended up making $205, although she poured most of that into supplies for this week's market.
Crunch time didn't end with the market. When I got home, the pitter I had ordered had finally come so once the girls went to bed, Jeremy and I spent an hour and a half processing cherries. We were a well oiled machine and pitted and prepped for freezing what would end up being just under 8 gallon sized bags worth of cherries.
With the market and the cherries behind us, I could finally finish preparing for my Stake Primary Activity on Saturday. We had a primary "Pioneer Trek to the Temple". We started at the stake center and played pioneer games, made butter, and made candles. We then walked to the Temple and participated in challenges and obstacles along the way.
While I was at my activity, Jeremy took the girls to the West Linn Old Time parade. CC was not feeling well, but was a good sport to be out there so that Elsie was not too shy to go out and grab candy.
I try to tell myself that someday life will slow down and I will miss these times, but right now, I just want to take a nap.
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