Apple Jack's Orchard

This morning, we went to Apple Jack's Orchard in Delano, MN. A friend of ours, Jill Sandager, sent out an email saying that her family was going and we jumped at the opportunity to go with them. I have always heard the apples (honey crisp) in Minnesota are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I remember last year at this time in the Minneapolis airport, there was a lady telling me I needed to go an apple orchard and get some of Minnesota's own apples. I wanted to go last fall when we first moved up here but we never got around to it. Okay, so back to today. We arrived and we instantly smelled apple cider and yummy apple donuts-it was awesome. The girls played around on the hay bales, went through a maze, saw a few animals (turkeys and goats) and Harper rode a horse. We later went inside and tasted the yummy donuts and apple cider (I think I want to go back next weekend just for these treats). After our snack, we went across the street to pick our own apples. To say we had fun, is an understatement.

When we first arrived, it was so cold and windy. We weren't sure how long we would last:)

"mom, this is too heavy"

on the top of the hay bale pile

Driving the "car"

Hay bale slide

Trying the slide another way

Harper and her handsome daddy

Queen of Apple Jack's Orchards

"Me do it?"

Queen #2

Harper riding a horse (of course, Adeline said she wanted to but when we got up to the horse, she changed her mind)

"Is this how I do it mom?"

"pull hard"

Adeline's first attempt at picking an apple

Harper picking her apples

Adeline picking her apples

This is what I get for a picture after we had been at the apple orchard for 2 hours

Adeline and I riding the "hayride"--we were in the very back

Harper riding Penny

*I think we have a new fall family tradition*