I have a real problem narrowing down pictures for the blog. This becomes an even bigger problem when the day involves perfect weather, lots of laughter, a trip to a pumpkin patch, and fun at an apple orchard…
Last Wednesday, MR headed north to spend a few days with her Meme and Papa Joe in the mountains. During her two day stay, she got to explore the village in Helen on a horse drawn carriage (she rode up front with the horse handler while Meme and Papa Joe sat in the back) and take a tour of the Cabbage Patch Kids Babyland General.
On Friday, Garrett and I drove to Dawsonville, Georgia to retrieve our little mountain girl. Before heading back home, we decided to spend the afternoon at Burt’s pumpkin patch and Hillcrest Orchard.
Burt’s was simply wonderful! There were lots and lots of pumpkins- big and small, and a hayride through the pumpkin patch.
We searched…
and searched. And searched,
and finally settled on a few pumpkins for the porch.
Burt’s hayride.
Hillcrest Orchard’s is just up the road from Burt’s. Most of the activities are closed on weekdays, but fortunately for MR, the petting zoo was open.
We saw baby chicks,
mama chickens,
goats and sheep,
kittens,
bunnies,
and a baby cow.
“Pictures is memories” is a favorite southern saying of ours. We left Burt’s and Hillcrest with 379 pictures, five pumpkins, two very worn out kids, lots and lots of memories, and a few new seasonal traditions. A big thanks to Meme and Papa Joe for sharing their vacation time with Sweet Mary Reese!
