apple hunting

a few weeks back, right at the tail end of apple picking season, the boys and i squeezed in a fun excursion to locate some apples for the family.  we knew it was nearing the end of "u pick" but were told there was still apples to be found in the orchard, so off we went.

it didn't start out very promising as good-sized healthy looking apples were hard to come by and we were just about to give up on ever filling our three bags. 

until then~ that moment we spotted the Ida Red row of apple laden trees, its branches heavy with large, healthy red apples just waiting for our eager hands to pry them free and load up our bags.

   it was quick work then, and before we could say "applesauce" we were all loaded up with apples galore, even our pockets!

 

some pretty cute helpers i had :)

so it's been fun to turn these apples into sauce and pies and crisps! the kids are a huge fan of all things apple, so that always helps too.  will have to do this again next year and try to get there a few days earlier! love this time of year!