A Day at the Orchard

The weather couldn't have been more perfect this past Sunday as we put on our sweaters and headed south on 169 after church to spend a few hours at Minnesota Harvest picking apples.  We started with a lunch of apple cider brats and then headed out in a tractor pulled wagon to pick...after, of course, I tried (unsuccessfully) to get a good picture of Isaac and Emma together...both looking at the camera and smiling.  Maybe someday they will both cooperate.  =)  Isaac was so excited to pick the apples and was so focused and busy the entire time we were out there.  Emma loved it, too!  I'll let the (many) pictures tell the rest of the story of the afternoon...

 Next post...coming soon...recap from the summer.  =)

"I have a park in my backyard!"

Isaac is SO excited to now have a "park" in his backyard!  They came yesterday morning to install it and were completely done in just over 2 hours!  We ended up purchasing one through Crown of Minnesota, which I HIGHLY recommend.  They were a great company to work with, build quality swingsets and the install was free due to a State Fair special.  Can't beat that!  Sadly, we had to dig up our garden since it was right in the middle of the best spot in our yard to put the swingset...so if you'd like some green tomatoes, we have plenty to share!  Mom came to help watch the daycare kids (thanks again, Mom!) while the men were here. We spent the morning on the deck watching...Isaac was even too excited to change out of his pajamas first.  =)                                  Quite an entertaining process...

Next weekend's project...enclosing the area with some sort of wood chips, mulch or something of the sort.  THANKS Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Lila for our park in the backyard!!!  Love you!