Digging for Gems

So I think they've wanted to do this for about five years now and I always tell them I don't have money for it.  Today they brought their own money.  They paid and got
 buckets and shovels. You can see their anticipation and excitement:

 Let the digging commence

 It got pretty dusty in there

 ooooo. pretty gems

 more digging

 identifying their 40 some-odd new treasures

 just another look to see if we missed any

 A grand success.  They were so happy with velveteen pouches full of stones and skin full of dust.

 After some relaxing at the park and a bit of picnic style dinner, we returned home to make apple crisp and get to bed. It was a very nice afternoon.