Berrylicious!

Saturday was opening day for

U-pick strawberries here at our local farm.

David, Brendell and I got up nice and early

to pick our share of my favorite berry.

Brendell was so excited to find unusual shapes.

I heard more "Look Mom's!!" in the hour we were there

than I have heard in a long time!

After living in Southern California for four years,

we have been spoiled when it comes to sweet strawberries!

Biringer Farm berries come pretty close though!

The annual Strawberry Festival in Marysville is

this coming weekend.

It is a four day event including a carnival,

craft booths, talent show, parade, and of course

plenty of delicious strawberries.

If you have been following my blog for a while,

you will remember last year's festival

which occured just a week after David deployed to the

middle east onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

My what a difference a year makes!

Marysville was an unfamiliar town full of strangers

last year, and we hardly knew where to go

to participate in the events of this festival.

Now this year, we are all looking forward to it so much

and David gets to experience it with us!

Biringer Farm in Arlington has over 22 acres

of strawberries to pick from.

We got two flats full picking from just

three or four rows!

Wondering what we did with all those berries?

After eating about a third of them like potato chips,

we sliced up the rest to use as topping for

strawberry shortcake,

waffles, pancakes,

and ice cream.

Yum!!

If you want to pick your own strawberries

or any other fruit in season,

just google "U-pick" and your state or county

and see what comes up!

Happy picking!!!