Last week we went peach pickin' in Fredericksburg.   Its the end of the season, but we got some great peaches.   My mom and sister joined us, and we ended up picking 7, 1/2 bushel boxes, including some for those who couldn't come along.   I got a 1/2 bushel box of Ouchita Gold for $15 and a 1/2 bushel box of Dixielands for $20 (we got a bargain - end of season, weekday and multi-box discount.    You think you know what a peach tastes like, but you really don't know, unless you've eaten a tree ripened Hill Country peach!  (ok, so I'm biased).

Sawyer rode in the baby backpack, and enjoyed picking a couple peaches as well (every once in a while I'd feel a peach hit my shoulder! :)

Real yummy peaches:

Picking peaches:

Sneakin in a bite:

Putting these boys to work:

We were able to put away 23 pints of peaches in the freezer, we ate several fresh ones with our cereal,  and I've already made a couple quarts of yummy homemade peach ice cream (that lasted all of about 5 minutes!)    Thankfully, we'll be able to enjoy these all year for tapioca pudding, peach cobbler, peach pie, peach ice cream, etc.   Mmmmm.