This past Tuesday, we drove out to Grandpa's house for a visit to see how he's holding up. We hoped our company would get rid of the loneliness that might be creeping up on him and it's always so much fun to see what Grandpa's growing. The apple trees were doing great and Grandpa helped us get a total of 4 big bags of apples to take home. (By the way, these pictures were not taken under the apple tree. The kids had already moved on to the butternut and black walnut trees to learn about those.)
(I like this picture because my grandpa, who normally doesn't smile much, especially considering the circumstances, is smiling at the kids.) Dylan ate at least 3 apples before we even left there and asked for another one on the way home! We're hoping to try our hand at homemade applesauce.
Grandpa then decided to bless us with more good food and showed the kids how to dig up potatoes. The kids thought it was pretty neat that you couldn't even tell anything was growing there (aside from the horseradish) and with the twist of a pitchfork, voila!
Grandpa invited us back next week because he said he'd be taking out the tractor to dig up the rest of the potatoes. Speaking of tractors, the kids (and Pete) had lots of fun trying out Grandpa's new John Deere's!
We had a really hard time getting Gabie off of the tractors, but there were so many things to do that he eventually just moved on. Grandpa sent us home with a total of 4 bags of apples, 1 big bag of potatoes, a bag of tomatoes (including his famous cherry tomatoes), zucchini and cukes. He blessed us so much that I just hope our visit was half as much a blessing to him. Thanks to everyone who has been keeping him in their prayers.
This past Tuesday, we drove out to Grandpa's house for a visit to see how he's holding up. We hoped our company would get rid of the loneliness that might be creeping up on him and it's always so much fun to see what Grandpa's growing. The apple trees were doing great and Grandpa helped us get a total of 4 big bags of apples to take home. (By the way, these pictures were not taken under the apple tree. The kids had already moved on to the butternut and black walnut trees to learn about those.)
(I like this picture because my grandpa, who normally doesn't smile much, especially considering the circumstances, is smiling at the kids.) Dylan ate at least 3 apples before we even left there and asked for another one on the way home! We're hoping to try our hand at homemade applesauce. 
Grandpa then decided to bless us with more good food and showed the kids how to dig up potatoes. The kids thought it was pretty neat that you couldn't even tell anything was growing there (aside from the horseradish) and with the twist of a pitchfork, voila!
Grandpa invited us back next week because he said he'd be taking out the tractor to dig up the rest of the potatoes. Speaking of tractors, the kids (and Pete) had lots of fun trying out Grandpa's new John Deere's!
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Glad you arrived safely and are doing well. ~Melissa R in OK
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