A Fun Visit!

We were so glad to get to see Grandma and Grandpa for a couple days at the beginning of October! (Grandpa needed to take his tractor back home for the winter and was squeezing that in along with a trip to California to pick up their church's new pastor.) We took some time off of work so that we could make the most of their visit, and we started with a trip to the apple orchard.

We squeezed all three kids into the back seat of the van so that we could all ride together. Hannah entertained both her and Peter by reading her new Bible story book to him. It is so exciting to see (hear!) how her reading skills have blossomed!

It was a wonderful day at the orchard. We've always gone on the weekend in previous years, so we really enjoyed how much quieter it was on a weekday. Here's part of our crew waiting for the "hay ride."
And the other part of the crew. Matthew was content in his carrier--not a bit fussy, but not particularly smiley either. Just content. We were glad for that.

Yep, we like hay(less) rides! :o)

Here's the ladies ... big smiles, big hair! It was quite breezy, if you can't tell. :o)

Then it was off to pick apples!

Awww, he finally surrendered ...

Ahhh, beautiful apples!

And wonderful fellowship!

Like Grandpa ...

Like grandson ...

After filling our baskets, we migrated to the animals ...

And of course, enjoyed plenty of snuggles and hugs along the way! :o)

Along with our trip to the orchard, Grandpa and Daddy cut down four trees, and Grandma and Mommy painted the hallway and all of the remaining trim upstairs. Yea!! We also played some games, ate plenty of yummy food, and made a very profitable trip to the recycling center. (Praise the Lord!!) We packed a lot into 2-1/2 days!

We love you, Grandma and Grandpa!
Thanks for coming to visit!