Raspberry Days Weekend

Our Booth!

Ahhhh.... Raspberry Days is over... Kim and I had fun, sold a lot of stuff, but came home with only 2 boxes less than we went with.... I'm hoping it's 'cuz we packed lighter coming home... We didn't get rained on... at least during the day. The storms hit at night when we sat in the condo hearing the rains pour down and the winds howling, and wondered if our tent would still be standing the next morning. It was... with only a leak confined to one area... what a relief! People ask if I will do it again... I think I will... I don't think that those three days were really worth it, but I have tons in my basement when people start pounding down my door wanting pre-made Christmas gifts, so that part of it will totally be worth it, and save my sanity during the fall enrichment rush. As far as Kim goes, she says no way to doing this again next year... but offered to have me pay her an hourly wage to come sit with me if I'm that crazy! Poor Kim sold 1 thing the first day... (did much better the next 2 though!) while her 12 year old daughter sold hundreds of cute little magnets that took her 1 day to make, as opposed to our all-nighters! Tayler sold lots of her magnets and Saige sold quite a few scrunchies so over all it was a great weekend for all.


You may wonder what our children did during this time... we actually wonder the same thing! They pretty much ran wild and unattended at Ideal Beach. No this wasn't what we had planned, Shane was in charge of our 4 and 2 of Kim's... but... work called and he left them for the ENTIRE day on Friday... by themselves! Tayler 11 and Kelsee 12 did a great job... but I can't say that Kim and I weren't a tad bit concerned, and happy to see each one survived! Our only catastrophe was when we were driving back to the condo one night and Kenna's "glow stick" (that she had caught earlier at the parade) was obviously bent back and forth too many times... it burst and splattered all over her. I don't think I will ever forget the scream and turning around to see her face and EYE glowing green from the stuff inside. We obviously freaked out and rinsed and rinsed that eye. (Truthfully if anyone had heard me rinsing that eye I may have been called in for child abuse... just imagine the scene... not many 5 year olds want you pouring water in their eyes over and over again!) According to poison control they get 100's of those calls??? She had a red eye but they said she would be just fine...

Shane did do lots for them, carting them back and forth to the park to see how "their" sales were coming, taking them to the parade and even swimming a couple of times. The highlight for the girls was finding a tiny frog swimming around with them in the pool. They were so excited to show us that a nice lady had gone to get a #10 can for them to bring it home in. Shane convinced them that they could keep it for a day or two and then release it back to it's mommy who was surely missing it! They had fun with him, named him hopper, then hopper hopped out one morning (when they were outside...) and was never seen again. So sad....

Jadyn is kissing her first frog!

Our family enjoyed the pancake breakfast Saturday morning at the church (I love those!) And a couple quick meals at the fair. But that was about the extent of our togetherness, so staying up on Sunday was a nice break and relaxing time to be together... until we got home and it was time to unload the WHOLE trailer! And get back to work doing on those custom orders that I got... And getting my girls ready for a new school year... which is coming up way too fast!

Enjoying their treats from the Chocolate Bear!