The Orchard

 Apple picking season has arrived! I look forward to this every year and can't wait until the trees are more mature and we get baskets and baskets heaping full of apples. We often go for walks around the orchard and the kids will pick an apple or two from their favorite tree and munch it while we walk. This year we didn't get any apples from our favorite apple/crab tree, but the Sunnybrook apples were sure enjoyed while we were picking!

This year we got to try out Grampa's new picking aprons. They were sure handy! Oliver wore Gramma's apron and climbed to the top of the ladder to pick. Of course Miss Lou had to join him near the top. She's fearless!

 

I lost track of how many apples she ate! When they were finished, they threw the cores to the chickens (or to Sonny) to enjoy.

These are memories that I love creating! I feel so blessed to work along side my parents and I am grateful that my children will have these memories of working in the orchard with their Grampa who planted and tended to these trees with love and care each year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for some of the Stannix kids. This year we have grades 1, 3, 5, 6, & 8! Oliver was so excited about his very first day of school ever! He will be at the elementary school with Fin and Joe this year, so he has lots of big guys to look out for him. Finley is excited about having Joe's old teacher this year. Joseph is glad to be at the top of the totem pole in grade 5. Hyrum is starting at the middle school and will be in the big grade 6 class with two teachers. Camilla is finishing up her final year in middle school and is glad to be the oldest grade in the school this year. They are all growing up so so fast! Sawyer and Lily get to spend their days hanging out with me at the acreage while the kids are gone at school. It's going to be weird only having two at home again, and I think Sawyer is going to miss his big brother.