apples n'stuff

We took Jessica and Nicholas to the 90th Anniversary of John Deere in Waterloo. John Deere was celebrating 90 years of production in Waterloo. It was quite a big thing. They had many different tractors on display (0ld and new). This was the only picture the kids would let me get during our time down there. Last year at this time neither of them would have touched the tractors, now they wanted to drive them!!!!

Our next adventure was the last weekend of September when we took the kids to Gay's Mills Wisconsin for our "Annual Hageman Family Apple Drive". We met our friends Paul and Barb and Amber at Gays Mills. This was the first time we had been to the Apple Festival and were able to get in on the parade! Then it was off to our favorite apple orchard where they sell THE BEST Apple cider donuts in the world. So good they put a two dozen minimum on them for that weekend. Nicholas and Jessica ran around the orchard and Nick found it funny to pick up the apples and roll them down the hill. I don't think he was supposed to do this. We did have some fun. Nicholas and Jessica helped me bake a apple pie the next weekend out of the apples we bought at the orchard. mmm mmm good!