Blueberry Picking

Ya'll where has Summer gone? I can't believe we are already 20 days into July! It is flying right by. I feel like there isn't enough hours in the day or enough free weekends do check off all our fun things on our Summer Bucket list. Does summer end when school starts back? Or should I be taking advantage of those weekends too? Mere leaves for Camp Webb Monday. It will be the first time she has done something like this. I am not going to lie, makes me nervous.....a lot. But I know she will have tons of fun. The following weekend we will be spending in Lexington with Mere's soccer team at the Bluegrass games. I have lots planned for the 2 days we are there. Lexington has the best shopping! Then a few weeks later school starts....yikes! I still want to do a tent camping trip, go canoeing, a family bike ride in Loveland, an FC Cincinnati game, the zoo, and Smale Park! But we were able to knock off Blueberry Picking a couple weeks ago. . I found a farm on Facebook , Bright Star Acres , and the kids and I went on a Saturday morning during my vacation week.  We arrived around 9:30 and it was already a scorcher out. The farm was gorgeous with amazing views of rolling green countryside . It was a quick 20 minute drive from our house. We all had a great time just doing something simple and inexpensive.

I took to Pinterest to try to find a yummy recipe to use our blueberries . I am not much of a baker. Just not something I usually enjoy. But this recipe was simple and turned out delish. I may or may not have ate almost half myself 🤦‍♀️😂!! I found the recipe Here.

Easy Blueberry Dump Cake 

• 1 20-oz can crushed pineapple, drained
• 6 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional (we left this out since Mere has a nut allergy)
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 1 16-oz yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup butter, melted