Sunday, September 25, 2011

Apple Picking

It's that time of year again....apple picking time! This year we are very thankful to be living in St. Louis again since apple orchards are scarce in Little Rock. We packed up and headed to Illinois to visit Eckerts farm for Oksana's first apple picking experience. We were joined by Larry's family and my cousin who lives very close to Eckerts. It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time.

On the tractor headed to the orchard. Do you think it would kill my kids to give me one decent picture?!


Picking is fun...


But sampling is better!


Sometimes you need help to reach the high ones!



Some of our picking crew...Larry's sister with our niece Auriana, our niece Kennedie, and then our cousin Lauren.




I learned that you can tell a lot about your child's personality by taking them apple picking. Clayton's bag had only a few apples. Each one was carefully inspected to be sure it was completely free of any blemish or bruise. Evan had a bag FULL of apples, 1/2 of which were battered and bruised! Exactly what I would expect from each of them!

3 comments:

Sabrina Steyling said...

Ohhh, apple picking...what fun! My favorites are red delicious or granny smiths. I've never been apple picking, but after reading your post and seeing your photos, I'm going to make that a priority this fall! :)

Becky said...

Oh, that first picture is priceless! That is exactly mycrew, right down to the cheesy smile on the Ukrainian! Lol!

Courtney said...

How did I not know you guys were in St Louis? We should meet up sometime! We're in the City, close to the Botanical Garden. :)

Courtney (from RR)