Apple picking at Carter Mountain

So I have been craving just off the tree apples ever since my neighbor gave us some a few weeks ago. We decided that on Lauren's birthday we'd take the trip to Carter mountain in C'ville and get more of those delicious apples. Well a few things we didn't think about was apple season. Apparently if we would have gone a few weeks prior we would have had our choice of apples to pick. We had to head out into the mountain and through rows and rows of apple trees to find our apples. It was really quite fun. Lauren loves apples. I think every one we found (which was few and far between) we'd give to Lauren and say put it in the bag. Before the apples made it to the bag she always took a bite out of them. Naturally, because Brian and I are so smart after about the 6th apple we stopped trusting her not to take a bite! (We really should have known better because this is the same girl that in every grocery store some how manages to find an apple and take a bite out of it before we can stop her. You have no idea how many single apple purchases I have made.) Anyway, back to apple picking. Once we filled our bags we decided to head back. What we didn't realize was that our whole walk to pick apples had been mainly downhill and with out apples in our bags. As we started to make our way back Lauren decided she could no longer walk. I decided that I was really pregnant and could hardly walk or carry apples. Good thing we have a good daddy/husband. Explaining the picture above! He carried Lauren and the 20 lbs of apples back to flat land. I was able to walk slowly behind. I just couldn't help thinking how funny we must look to the other people around us. We have great pictures on the photo album link of our apple picking day.