Apples!

Apple picking is one of my favorite outings of the year. It's a Patton-Alligood tradition, and makes for tons of great pictures! We had excellent weather this year. What a treat!

Someone was kind enough to offer to take a group picture for us! The last time we had one of these taken was literally years ago . . . we each had only 2 children!
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Family picture! It has also been ages since we've had one of these taken!
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Our four girlies. I took about 30 pics of the four of them and didn't get a single one where they are all looking! Go figure!
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Alligood fam . . . Aren't they cute! (What an awesome photographer they have!)
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Our 4 big kids. This a photo that we have taken every year since we started apple picking together. It's so fun to look back at the old ones!
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What a crew! This is the first apple picking picture that we have with all 7 of them. Last year there was no apple picking (due to a late frost) The year before that Julie was a brand new baby and spent the entire trip in her car seat!
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Jonah and Ali. This is another one that we've been taking for ages! Aren't they sweet!? We'll have to display this one at their wedding (Shhh . . . they don't know that we're planning it already!)
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This is one of my favorites of the whole trip. Karis is seriously photogenic, but Emma . . . not so much. So a rare shot of both of them relaxed and smiling . . . it's quite a treat!
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The littles in their first group shot! The other kids have always been paired up, but these girls are a threesome . . . and an adorable one at that!
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Ali reaching for an apple.
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Emma getting an apple (there weren't a whole lot of these shots b/c the lower branched were pretty picked over. Basically, the daddies picked the apples while the mommies took the pictures, but the kids did manage to get a few.)
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Meg managing to get an apple, with Daddy's help. (She was afraid to let go of Aaron's head to reach for that apple!)
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And finally, Julie got an apple too!