Sunday Funday!

On Sunday the 4^th Canaan had a football game in Lewiston at 1030 in the morning, he had to be there at 930am.  Even though I got out of work that morning at 7am we decided to make a day of it and go Apple picking after.  Even though the day started out quite chilly it turned into a beautiful afternoon. 

We got the field by his allotted time and I was surprised to find a 1^st/2^nd grade tackle game in progress.  It was Lewiston vs. Brunswick and as it turns out it was Caiden’s team, and even though he had broken his arm at the previous game Caiden was still there cheering his team on.  Krista enjoyed the opportunity to snuggle with the Wesley boy. 

Canaan has been awesome this year on the field, he plays both offense and defense and on the kick receiving team.  He plays right guard on offense and nose tackle on defense.  I’m so proud of him because win or lose he tries his best and always has fun.  Between practically every play when he is on defense you can see him dancing on the line waiting for the offense to clear their huddle. 

Mom and Cousin Paul with Sammy also came to watch Canaan and his teammates defeat Lewiston 6 – 0 in a hard fought contest.  Canaan made a few tackles including a joint sack on the quarterback, which cost me $5.  On offense the kid opposite him was much larger than he is, but he wasn’t intimidated and did a fantastic job blocking him out and clearing the hole when needed.

At the games conclusion we headed south to Cumberland for some apple picking at Orchard Hill Farms a place Kate and I discovered last year.  We had gone to Sweetser’s to pick apples last year and discovered when we got there that they didn’t allow people to pick their own as the trees were very old and they didn’t want people to damage them.  Sweetser’s is known for having rare and old apple varieties.  They directed us to Orchard Hill Farm. 

At Orchard Hill we discovered the gravenstein apple which is my now my favorite apple.  It’s crunchy, juicy, sweet and a bit of a sour tang.  Not only is it a delicious eating apple but when Kate baked anything with it, it was amazing!

Orchard Hill was hopping with people, cars parked up and down the road.  We managed a spot right in front of the building.  I bought our bag and we filled it overfull with gravensteins.  Kids had a lot of fun, Canaan found this little tiny apple for Wesley.  The trees were loaded with apples!  After putting them in the van we took a ride of the free hay wagon pulled by a 1951 John Deere tractor.  The ride went right through the orchard, and we were warned that if anyone reaches out and grabs a tree, and he know’s…it’s tempting, he will stop the wagon and leave them there. 

We found a spot on the side of the building on the lawn and broke out the picnic lunch giving Wesley some back and tummy time before heading home. 

Kate made us an amazing apple pie for desert and some pretty fantastic cheeseburgers for dinner.  By the time my head hit the pillow for a quick pre-dinner nap I had been up for 27 hours. 

It was a great day, with beautiful weather and I am thankful we were able to do this.

Later readers!

Canaan took this photo, Kate really likes it because we were all laughing while Canaan was trying to position the phone the get us all in.  It was a genuine moment!