Kuipers Family Farm - Apple Picking Time!

 We finally made it to the apple orchard this past weekend.  

It was a great visit, a yummy visit, a very fun family day!

 Tractor ride out to the apple orchard...

 Averly picked a big honeycrisp apple!

 It rained the day before we went so we were told there may be ripe apples on the ground.

We did find some good apples on the ground, but honestly it was more fun to pick our own out of the trees.

 You're suppossed to twist the apples off the branches so it doesn't ruin the buds for next year.  My two year old didn't quite get that concept, but she did pluck some yummy empire apples.  The fruit looks cloudy on the tree but as soon as you rub them on your shirt they're very shiny like store bought apples.  Of course they taste 100 times better off the tree than the store bought kind. 

 Very juicy Empire apple!  He cracks me up.  I'm so thankful he LOVES his fruit.

 100's of acres of 20 different apple varieties...

 Of course I can't get them to look at the camera - stinkers!

Tractors are very fun to climb and pretend to drive.  

I think RJ ran away at this point eating my store bought fudge :)

We should be returning to the Kuipers Family Farm soon for their pumpkin picking.  We also love their corn maze, bale maze, box of kernels (think sand box but substitute sand for corn kernels), animal petting area, tractor rides, etc...