Hershey Park & gainful employment

Jason's company picnic was this past week at Hershey Park. None of us had ever been there so we were super excited! And we had so much fun! We did the water park first, but it was overcast and the high was around 70 so it got a little chilly. When Lyla started shivering uncontrollably we decided to give up in the water park portion of the park. We never did get in the Lazy River so we will definitely have to go back.
Hershey Park is laid out in a cool way that there are little rides all around the big rides. This worked perfect for us because Lyla can't/won't ride roller coasters. I don't like most roller coasters. Jason doesn't ride things that spin in circles. But there were always other rides next to each other so no one had to just stand and wait at a ride they didn't want to do. Celee chose to make her own candy bar as her souvenir. (We don't usually do souvenirs, but as this day was a freebie, we let the girls pick one) It was a pretty cool experience for her and she got to make a super yummy chocolate bar with raspberries and chocolate chips in it and it can in a nice if tin she gets to keep. Gwyn and Lyla chose candy pillows as their thing to get.
So our favorite rides were:
Lyla- music express
Celee - the comet
Gwyn - lightning racers
Lana - eagle-flier thing (none of us can remember the name!)
Jason - the comet
We did a lot of picking this week. We went out to Hybridoma Farm in Baldwin. We picked a big bag of blueberries and a pint and a half of black raspberries. This farm is very nice. The prices are great and it's all organic. We are planning in going back when the blackberries are ripe.
We also picked sweet cherries this week back at Baugher's. We ended up with 9 pounds! So on top of the mixed berry jam and cobbler I made, we canned cherry jam too.
We went back to Baugher's because my children are now gainfully employed as zoo helpers through the fall. We go once a week and clean up after, water, and feed all the farm animals at their petting zoo there. The girls will split $8 each time they go. We did stipulate that Lyla only gets money if she actually does work, so Gwyn and Celee will get more each time because they do more work. They got the training on Friday and started on Monday. It was fun! And I'm proud of the girls' attitude about this new responsibility. It's not all feeding and petting the animals. There is a lot of smelly poop to shovel! But they did good and I love the chance for them to see the work involved with having larger animals before we are able to get our own. I also love the focus and attention it takes to care for animals. It just seems good for the soul.
Today we set off on yet another road trip. Jason had to work, so it is just me and the girls until we meet up with my parents in Illinois tomorrow and then go out to Wyoming. I think we're getting to be old pros at this! 12 hour days don't seem as bad as they once did. I do prefer not to drive it by myself, but a road trip is always an adventure.