apple orchard

we had a spout of some super nice weather a few weeks ago.  i was trying to do all i could to soak it in.  i thought we had better hit the apple orchard before the weather went crummy again.  so after tavaci one evening we went and i'm so glad we did.  we spent a little time in the orchard but the majority of the time in the gardens.  even though we were all packing around quite a few apples the kids just couldn't get enough of the gardens.  i can't believe how much has changed up there, it is gorgeous!

brylee was in the tree, shaking the apples off the branches while tacey was trying to catch them. 

 my little tree climber

almost every single apple we picked had at least one bite taken out of it. 

obviously i brought my camera with us this day.  the kids were totally cheesing it up and i loved it.  they would run off and find a spot they liked and just wait for me to take their picture.  it was pretty cute.

 the leaves were just starting to turn yellow, which i love!!  this was the only tree that was completely fall like.  this one little tree helped me decide it's MAYBE okay that summer is gone now.

 one of the main reasons we didn't spend a ton of time in the orchard is because the dang sprinklers kept turning on.....one row at a time.  every time we would move over a row the sprinklers would turn on where we were at.  it was almost like someone was playing a funny joke on us.  

riggies loved it.  he was so muddy and soaking wet by the time we left the orchard.

 this has so far been one of my very favorite memories with my kiddos this fall.  not exactly sure why.  it may have been because all three of my kids were in a great mood.  and i always have fun taking my kids on campus and telling them all the fun stories from when rhett and i were dating.  it is kind of fun making sweet, new memories with my kids in the same place rhett and i met and fell in love.  

another win for the apple orchard.  the kids have already asked a million times if we can go back.  hopefully we can go one more time before it gets too cold!