apples................

 We took the kids to the apple orchard again this year. I think we have started a tradition here. Before we headed out I took this picture with the vineyard and apple orchards behind the kids. This property goes on for a long ways.  We all loaded up on the hayrake and headed out.

 

Pete led the way to the "best" apples.  Brie remembers picking apples last year but not entirely so she was observing very closely all that was going on around her. 

 It is always such a relaxing day, one in which the kids can just run and be free to do whatever they want. Running, rolling in the grass, eating a hundred apples, just being free from the stresses of everyday life.

Brie did a great job of getting the hard to reach apples that were very high. She too sampled many different kinds of apples.

 PJ is just a monkey, we never knew where he was going to be coming from. This orchard has some very fun trees for the kids to run around and play beneath. I stopped them for this quick kid picture, not too shabby for a photo on the fly!

 The apples this year were a bit beat up by a hailstorm early in the season, however we were still able to find more than enough apples for all of our desires.
Another great day for the kids to have memories of.