Apple Picking

It's that time of year again...time to go apple picking!! This is one of my favorite fall activities and the kids love it too. We coordinated with Aunt Domi and found a good weekend to meet up at the Elegant Farmer in Wisconsin for a fun-filled day of apple picking and cousin bonding. Juju really got into it this year - she helped fill the basket and really enjoyed eating all the different types of apples. Daddy helped to get her started though...

And Daddy helped to give Abbey a lift to pick the perfect apple...

Then we found a ladder that the kids could climb to get the good apples...

Reach Juju - you almost got it!

Ah, this one is more within your range sweetie!

Ben preferred to just climb the trees to find his apples...

He also enjoyed the ladders though...

Caroline and Abbey climbing trees...

Even Juliette gets up the ladder!

There's a good one...

Abbey and Uncle Brandon enjoying an apple...

Abbey getting a ride in the wagon...

I love taking pictures of the kids picking apples, and then I saw this and realized that 30 years ago these two siblings would have probably been in a similar pose and Mama Kay or Papa could have been taking their picture!

These cousins kept raiding the "apple paradise" as Ben called it!

Don't forget the fun hay ride we took to get to the top of the apple orchard!

You had to have a hand stamp to get on the hay ride...the stamp looked like this...

These kids were excited to get going!

Love pictures of these two together!

Eating more apples...

We had a lot of fun, ate some yummy apple doughnuts, and picked a ton of apples. We came home with a bushel and a half - probably close to 70 pounds of apples. Now begins my fun challenge of cooking, baking, and eating them all! Tonight for dinner we had baked chicken with apples. Ben ate 4 apples today alone! I love baking (and the kids love helping me) so we should have some fun projects coming up within these next few weeks...YUM!! Thank you Acuff's for meeting us there - I know it's a long drive for you!