Apple Orchard

Fall Weekends are really a lot of fun. There is so much to do between the pumpkin patches, apple orchards and other fall festivals. One weekend my parents, Phil, Kaitlynn, Jackson, Madelynn and I all drove up to what they call High Country in NC to pick our own apples out of an orchard. The kids had a ball.

Right next to the orchard on this farm were some horses. Boy were they spoiled. As soon as they spotted you they started walking toward you. They knew you would pull an apple off the nearest tree and feed them. Kaitlynn and Jackson remember but, Madelynn won't.

Personally, I will remember this day like it happened yesterday.

This was the last time my life seemed to make sense. Five days after I took this picture Madelynn was diagnosed with a CHD and had open-heart surgery. She was 10 weeks old.

It is funny the things you remember when you see a picture. I remember the morning was cold, colder than we had anticipated. But by lunch time we found a picnic table at the bottom of a mountain, near a stream to have lunch. The sun was just beating down and warmed you instantly like a hug from God. Just His little reminder that he created all of this for us. It was such a beautiful day.

I will never forget.

TTFN~