Apples and Peaches and Fun, Oh My!

It's FALL! And you know what that means. Cooler weather, leaves changing colors, and all the fruit is ripe for the picking. 

We decided to take advantage of fruit-picking season and head out to a local farm (Riley's in American Fork) to pick some apples and peaches.

We took some friends along to join us in the fun. When we got to the farm, we grabbed some boxes and loaded up in the wagon to make our way out to the orchards.

Everyone was really excited to get out and pick some fruit. Desi and Matthew got an early start on the day by finding some on the ground and just eating it, because, why not?

Joshua was really the only one not too excited about the trip. As you can see, he was a little upset.

We got off the wagon a little earlier than we should have and had to march quite a ways to get to the trees that still had fruit on them.

Joshua was still upset by the whole thing, so we passed him around a little. Apparently Dad does not have the touch.

Once we finally got to the trees with fruit, the kids had an absolute blast!

They climbed around and wandered through the trees looking for the biggest, ripest, juiciest apples and peaches on offer. 

Some trees we came to only had fruit waaaay up high, so the kids needed a little boost to get up there and pick some.

All the kids had a great time walking through the orchards and scouting for the best fruit. It also made dinner really easy, since most of the kids just filled up on apples and peaches from the orchards. The people at Riley's were really nice and told us as we got there to go ahead and eat some fruit while we were out picking if we wanted to.

After we had almost filled two boxes with deliciously ripe apples and peaches, we started walking back to the entrance.

Luckily, the wagon came back around about halfway down the path and we were able to jump back on, making our walk back to the front a lot more enjoyable.

And in case you were worried, Joshua finally got what he needed; a nice little nap. He was just as happy as the rest of the crew once we discovered what he was after.

He didn't want to actually pick fruit. He just wanted to dream about it.

Thanks for joining us on this adventure. We'll see you next time on the road to California!