Visiting and apple picking!

On the fifth we went to see Gramma and Papa Nate. I found out about an hour down the road that I forgot my camera. I do it quite often, but I wish I would remember... although with Daddy's new lens (that thing has to be at least a foot long when he has it all the way out...) we hardly miss it. Gramma has lots of fish, and two dogs, and then our family has six children... The younger ones were squealing over the fish and running from the dogs, and the dogs were running after the children! It was quite entertaining to watch, heehee :)!
We were a bit worried, because we were planning on going apple picking sometime during the day, but it kept rain off and on. Finally we thought that it was stopped for good. We said goodbye, got in the van, and went to pick apples! We get there, get our bags, and head out to the orchard to start picking. We had two bags, and filled the first one quite quickly. Then we started on the second bag... and start feeling raindrops. In sixty seconds it is pouring! Daddy, who is carrying the camera, decides to go put the camera in the car and bring back an umbrella. The rest of us try to fill the second bag from the trees we're standing under. As soon as Daddy is out of sight, the rain picks up! Mommy decides that we are going to start back for the car, as the trees are no longer offering any shelter! We got to the car, and Daddy went in to buy a couple of bags of picked and washed apples, for a treat on the way home. It was quite funny, and everybody loved it! Everybody, especially Abbi, wanted to do it again (and Andrew wants to do it on a rainy day!!!) :)!