I love traditions! I think that's what makes childhood memories and so for us apple picking is ALWAYS on our fall list of things we must do!
2006
I remember this year well because I took Christian in a stroller and the orchard is on the side of a mountain and that was a very bad combination. So I took Christian out of the stroller and he kept tumbling down the hill. Our sweet friend Ellie is on the left.
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2007
I can't get the pictures to load here, so if you want to see them click
HERE to see my post from that year. They're so cute! Emma's two front teeth are missing!
2008
2008
Last year we had the cousins with us and it was so much fun! Christian really missed them this year and so did Ellie and Kate.
Here's the
2009 gang!
McKenna, Ellie, Addie, Bryson, Christian, Tanyon and Kate.
The tradition lives on!!! We headed to Gardenhour's Orchard again this year and the kids picked an entire bushel of apples.
Thank goodness Christian loves apples! He typically eats two a day, which is fabulous!
McKenna was very serious about the whole thing. She was very concerned about all the apples that she couldn't reach. And then she picked a ton of apples that weren't very good ones. But it was a great experience for her. Hopefully this is one of those traditions that my kids will remember for the rest of their lives :) 
For the fourth year in a row, our sweet friends joined us! We have made some great memories together. I'll never forget the first year that we went and Christian was in a stroller and it started rolling down the hill because the orchard is literally on the side of a mountain. I haven't taken a stroller since. And that first year there were only 3 kids. My goodness times have changed!
I did it!
