Apple Pickin'

Today we headed up to Ellijay to go apple pickin'! The whole fam went - Mom, Dad, Phillip, Me, Blakely, Drew, Quinn, Jim & of course - Maya! We set out at about 8:30 am and every one was so excited and eager to get picking but once we got there we found out that they only do the tractor ride back to pick the apples in September. We were SO disappointed because we have been taking the Twin's for the past couple years and they love and it and talk about it year round. So we just looked around the shop, tasted the different apples they had to offer and made our selections of course we didn't walk out of there with out a few yummy treats. We got apple butter, apple doughnuts, apple cider slushy, of course different kinds of apples, etc... Can't wait to try it all out! After making our purchases we headed outside where they had a little area where you could walk and go pick one kind of apples so we did that so the kids wouldn't be completely disappointed. Each kiddo picked a bag so they were happy! While at the apple orchard we met up with one of my mother's long time friends, Nancy Hulsey. It was really great to see her. She just recently moved up to Ellijay so it worked out perfect. We also got to see her husband, Larry and her son and his wife and son. It was really good to see them. After leaving the apple orchard we headed to the pumpkin patch...