The Apples of My Eye

Every Fall we have a few traditions, pumpkin picking and apple picking up in the mountains. We've explored many different places and seemed to have finally found our favorites.

Is he praying or is he playing???

This year I thought we would be clever and go pick our apples during the week over our Fall break. I had a girlfriend from Seattle staying with us for a couple days and I thought she would enjoy seeing more of the area and that we could also avoid the crowds of the weekends.

Well, that proved to be a mistake, as the place we normally go to, with play areas and lots of activities for the kids, wasn't open for those events during the week.

So we drove down the road a couple minutes to another apple orchard that was open for picking - but they didn't offer anything else.

We still had fun walking around and finding the right apples to pick.

Ethan was a bit fussy but we still managed to have a good time. Ethan insisted on throwing whatever apple he was "forced" to pick.

But then you see him so happy like this and it's hard to stay frustrated.

We didn't go into the petting zoo but we enjoyed the animals from the other side if the fence.

How could you not love this little face?!?!

Ethan seemed to be happiest when we were watching the animals. He really couldn't care less about picking the apples but this he loved!

So while it wasn't our usual apple picking adventure, we rolled with the punches and had a good time anyway. It's all about the memories you make together as a family!

And these boys truly are the apple of my eye!

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