Ramsdell Family Blog

This past weekend we went camping on the other side of the mountains by Wenatchee. We had never been out that way and enjoyed seeing some new sites. The weather was great except for the severe wind storm that came through the first night we were camping-I thought our trailer was going to blow away with us in it. It was Lily's first camp trip and she did really well. I think she really likes camping-today at home she is being awful. Jenna and her Giant Peach-we stopped at one of the many road side fruit stands and Jenna had picked out the largest peach 1.38 pounds. She did not want to share with anyone-but she eventually caved and let me have a bite and I was quite surprised that it was actually a really good peach. George participated in an olympic distance triathlon-swimming in part of the Columbia River. He had the 2nd fastest swim time and came in 7 overall. He was 3rd in his age group. It was nice that the triathlon was at the campground we stayed at. George's triathlon Pic...

Today we took the kids blueberry picking-which is down the street from our house. We picked quite a bit to fill a decent sized box. Then George took the kids around the neighborhood to pick blackberries (they grow wild here like weeds). Then we decided to make a black and blue berry cobbler. It came out so good. Now we just have to figure out what to make with the rest of the blueberries.