Apple picking

After battling 90 degree highs the first week of October, I finally celebrated the arrival of fall with R & J and R's family by picking pumpkins and apples! I don't remember the last time I went to a pumpkin patch and I don't think I've ever picked apples, but I'm going to start making it a tradition every fall. After a productive morning shopping and gorging ourselves at Indian buffet (I miss you, Indian donuts), we made our way to the boonies to Homestead Farms. Not too busy, not over the top with monsters/scarecrows/Halloween stuff, it was still rustic and homey and had reasonable prices. I highly recommend it!

Starting off in the fake pumpkin patch

I match the pumpkins :)

We moved on to pose with the farm animals

And take pictures of brightly colored chickens

After some indecision (apple orchard or pumpkin patch??), we  took off for the apple orchard

And started sampling delicious apples! Braeburn, Fuji, and I think my new favorite, Cameo. "I want to DIE in a field of apples"

I made R laugh so hard she got the D

Things got weird

Mmhmm...Braeburn apples

We found a ladder, so we had to have a photo shoot. 

And traipse through the orchards, pretending we were in a Taylor Swift music video (maybe just me)

I love applesssss

Our spoils...over 20 lbs of apples!

 I made R&J carry our haul back

Thanks to R and her family for the fun time, the apples, and the pictures. Click here to see R's blog post about our day. Next time we'll make sure to have enough time to bake PIES!