Picking Apples

On Saturday we went to our favorite apple orchard to pick apples. 

When the tractor dropped us off the guy explained all the apples that were ready for picking and what they are best used for.  He pointed to the red and delicious and said they were good for baking right now . . . so because I want to attempt my first apple pie . . . and we thought where he pointed was close, we went there first.  Turns out those apples were way up the hill so we headed up in the heat:

We finally got there and the girls picked some apples for us:

Off to find the apples we could eat.  We got Beni Shogun, Golden Delicious, Jonagold, and Empire apples:

The girls got too hot and I didn't bring water with me to the orchard, so we headed back in the tractor to the store so I could get the girls some water.  Joe headed back in the tractor to finish filling up our bags:

After the girls cooled off we went thru the store to buy some peaches, our favorite popcorn butter that we buy from here each year, chips and salsa that we sampled, popcorn kernels, and a couple of fried pies. 

We then headed into downtown Blue Ridge to walk around and get some ice cream:

Emily didn't want to wear her bow anymore so Joe put it in Abigail's hair:

Then Emily wanted to take a picture herself.  She did a good job:

We headed home to watch the football game we had recorded and guess what we ate for supper . . . apples, peaches, and popcorn . . . . yummy!