apple patch

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day.  It was one of those days that you don't get very often in Minnesota.  Not too cold...not too hot...no bugs...just a little breeze.  Sweatshirts and jeans.  Ooooh....it was more than exquisite.

Slept in just a bit....enjoyed a lazy morning of peanut butter and jelly, coffee, playing in the sunshine streaming through the deck window and walking the dog.  

Then, the big question was, do we go to the pumpkin patch or the apple orchard?  Peach decided we should check out the apple patch.......made sense to us!

So we took a drive to our favorite orchard which just happens to have a small patch of pumpkins as well.

(Disclaimer...I went a little nuts on the pictures.  There were just sooo many good photo ops!)

This place has it all.

Tractors....

Punkin's.........

Room to run, skip, prance, whatever.....

A bell that is just irresistible for 2-year olds....

Beautiful gazebo...

Rose gardens...

Peaceful pond...

and LOTS of juicy apples.

Check out this little tree...I loved that although he was just a little guy, he was still bearing a lot of fruit.

I want my life to look like that.

Small, simple, but exploding with goodness.

We crunched our way through the orchard paths

and then headed into the store for our favorite:  

apple cider donuts

my kind of cooking!

I have to believe that heaven smells something like this.

We made our purchases and then headed back outside for some lip smackin' good treats.

Faces and fingers covered in sugar....bellies full and warm.

One last ride on a tractor and then we headed back home.

Read some of our favorite new library books on the way...

Made it home in time for the Vikings game....

Took a family nap....

Supper at a friends' house (we brought dessert - donuts, of course!)

Took the long way home just to see the beautiful sunset.

Yep...it was the perfect day.