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| The fruits of our labors! |
I hauled the fellas up bright and early this morning (okay, it was bright...but by no standards was it very early). We were out the door by 9:40 and during the summer, that only happens on Sunday's when we go to church at 9:00. Anyhow, we headed out to the beautiful orchards of West Mountain to a u-pick farm where the cherries had recently become ripe.. Originally the plan was to go for a Field trip Friday with some darling friends of ours; but our scheduling conflicts pushed cherry picking to today. Which ended up being better anyway. We met up with our friends just off the freeway and then wound our way through the country until we found our destination. Armed with a few grocery bags and a basket or two, we took to the orchard and started picking. We learned quickly that it does not take long to pick several pounds of cherries with a small army of children. Our families each consist of 5 children. We have all boys, they have all girls. Apparently the older kids had decided to make it interesting, to see who could pick more cherries. They are competitive little souls...we won; by one pound. (They were outnumbered though, Rach was M.I.A. for this event, she was at a day camp.) Within minutes we had acquired about 6 lbs. of cherries and determined that was plenty. I actually took me longer to track down each of the boys and take their picture that it did to accumulate the 6 lbs. of cherries! Either way, it was a cool and beautiful morning, and we were the only ones there picking; so it was awesome. Plus, you simply can't beat the .75/lb. Best money I've spent on produce in a while. We can't wait for the end of July so we can head back out there to pick berries. Yum!
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| Love this little bed-head! :) |
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| ooh, and action shot! |
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| all done picking, ready to weigh in! |
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