Apple Picking!

I finally got our pictures developed from our apple picking excursion at the end of September. (That's the bad thing about a film camera - we're so used to instant gratification!)

They were worth the wait, though:

Eden and Bryan walking to find the perfect picking tree...

Eden was SO EXCITED to pick apples. She went to town - she picked a half a peck all by herself. She didn't really care about all of the activities at the farm, she really just wanted to go "APPLE PICKING!! APPLE PICKING!!"


And she very much enjoyed the "fruits" of her labor... (oh yes I'm hi-larious). It was 80 degrees that day - in late September, mind you - so we were all sweaty, but our little head-sweater was particularly soaked.

Cider doughnuts - so yummy.... (sorry it's sideways. I'm too tired to go back and flip it.)


Our family picture attempt didn't go so well, but here you have Missy Moo eating a pumpkin, which is what she did the first time we went to a pumpkin patch (she was 4 months old). So I include it because the reference makes me happy! Please ignore the huge, blindingly pale woman sitting next to those two beautiful people...


This family photo turned out better:


Eden also liked the pumpkins, though she found herself two little pumpkins right away and just carried them around. But I like this picture of her in the pumpkin patch anyway.

When we were finished apple picking, we hung out with Quinn and Kelli at home. And Eden stole some kisses:


And we managed to snap a pretty awesome shot, which I love way more than her school pictures (in which she refused to smile). I might try editing this a little bit and having it printed instead of ordering the school pictures, even though you can see our couch in the background... What do you guys think?


This picture was later that night, but I love her sweet face in it - those beautiful eyes and those lips just like her Daddy's!



Maybe the waiting for the 35mm pictures is sometimes a good thing, because inevitably when we're getting ready to take the camera out we find a half-used roll, and when it is developed it turns out something like this:

(Sweet baby Eden under the tree, Christmas 2008!)