There are Fruit Orchards that are somewhat, kind of on the way home from our campout. And this last weekend was the beginning of U-Pick. So on the way home we decided to stop in and pick some apples!
Little did we know it was about a 1/2 hour drive off the highway through rutted, unkept dirt roads which were so narrow you had to pull over to let other cars pass by on their way out. And I forgot to mention it was really RAINY as well so therefore, lots of mud!
FINALLY we got to the ranch so we bundled the kids up and went to pick! We saw some ward members there which was fun. It was cool, we all had a good time. It reminded me of picking apples in my backyard growing up. We only picked about 3 lbs because Cyrena needed to use the restroom BADLY. We made our way back up to the front and found an outhouse for her. When I opened the door to the outhouse, Cyrena and I could hardly see the toilet seat because it was covered with black FLIES. I was disgusted and she started crying and didn't want to go the bathroom, but I knew her bladder was about to burst. So I told her to close her mouth really tight and I just held her about a foot over the seat so she could go. It was NOT fun. But she was so brave.
When we got in the car I immediately bit into an apple (they're pesticide free) and it tasted heavenly! I gave Cyrena one to try as well. She wasn't sure she liked yellow apples but she had some bites. I want to go back to the ranch next year for sure!
p.s. Cyrena was a little confused because we always tell her that apples grow in Washington. She was so excited to see an apple tree in Arizona!!
9 comments:
Eww...outhouses are horrible. Sometimes I wish we had the ability to go anywhere like boys do. It's not fair!
And what a fun activity to pick apples! Yum!
I love love that picture of your family that you used for your header. I am still going to do those family pictures for you, tell me when you are ready.
The bathroom story very funny.
Ugh, port-a-potties are so sicknast! I hate them too. We were at the coast, and I had to pee like nobody's bidniz thought I was going to die, kind of emergency. And I walked into one of those, looked down into the black abyss of poo monsters and 180'd it outta there. She is WAY brave. Way to go Cyrena!
Ohmygoodness about the potty experience! I have SONS that refuse to go in those! Poor girl! How neat about the apples though. :)
Poor thing having to put up with that outhouse. I always tell Christina not to breathe and hurry as fast as she can. It's stinky (in more ways than one)! That's cool about the apples.
Okay on my "Dashboard Updates" it looked like this post had Ashley B. in it....haha I thought David was Ashley......All I saw was what looked like a preggo belly....in the small pic on my screen! Ha.
What a neat thing to do! Apple pickin!!!
How fun! Your girls are so cute and are getting so big! When can we get together and play?????
Cute pics from the campout! Glad you all had such a great time and good weather...I was a little nervous for you when it poured here! Is that orchard the same one that has peaches? Looks fabulous.
How fun! I love the picture of Natalie and David...awww! I'm glad you guys had such a great time!
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