Our first 'real' CHE adventure: We joined the rest of the Christian Home Educators group for a trip to the Upton's Farm for some apple pickin' time. It was such a wonderful experience. There were dozen of kids running around the field searching for apples. Mr.and Mrs. Upton were so gracious, giving of their time and resources for a great teaching experience for the children. There were already hundreds of pounds of picked apples being cut and squished for delicious cider. Mr. Upton told us about the process of pruning the trees and what different things can make apples undesirable for selling. We were then set free to walk around the orchard and get as many apples as we could possibly carry. I came straight home and turned our freshly picked fruit into a warm apple crisp. How amazing to to teach our children the benefit of hard work by showing them how God made the trees to produce fruit, and we have to tend to the fields and work together to keep the trees growing healthy and keeping the weeds and bugs away. It's hard work to get out in the hot sunshine and find fruit that is ripe and unblemished. But at the end of the day, our efforts provided us with good food to fill our bellies. I've said it before, I'll say it again. It really is a beautiful life.
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