Earlier this year, one of the dearest couples we had the privledge of knowing, the Flynns, passed away fairly closely to one another. (They were never apart in life, so death was really no different.) This was the couple who opened up their orchard each year to our church congregation and invited us in to pick apples and make cider. (I've done posts on this in the past--it is a magical place!) Well, with their passing, we weren't sure if apple picking would be available anymore. Graciously, one of their daughters, who has bought their place, has once again opened up the orchard and cider press for us to come and enjoy. And enjoy we did!
We invited our good neighbors, the Hofers, along with us and had a BLAST following the kiddos around the orchard as they picked apples and ran free!
(Aren't they a beautiful family?!)
The little girls, Kari and Campbell, enjoyed playing on the gator. They were very reluctant to share the seats with anyone.
Emily, and old pro, did very well picking some primo apples.
Although we went picking last year, Kari was really too young to get into it. Not so this year! She went crazy picking apples! (And there were plenty of lower branches just dripping with juicy apples just for her!)
Christian also did his fair share of pickin'--and was very helpful in carrying Kari's heavy apple bag for her.
Kari, showing us one of her picks.
Almost trying one too....she's very suspicious of food in general, even apples, which are in our house and eaten at dinner all.the.time. Silly girl.
Finally, our attempt at a family picture. Christian was actually in a great mood...he just thought he was being funny and decided to test out his scowl. Ugh. The picture up at the top of this post was the best one we could get. Ugh. 
It was such a beautiful night and we're certainly enjoying all of the apples we picked!
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