Yesterday we went and picked apples at Mr. and Mrs. Skees house. Gracie calls them Mr. and Mrs. Squeeze. I guess she had a hard time hearing me when I told her their names so she said squeeze instead of skees. I met this couple while volunteering at St. Vincent dePaul. They volunteer too! They are a sweet older couple that live on a farm. Well when we arrived at their house we got more than we expected. We were greeted by 3 dogs about the size of Connor. First we saw and heard a train. Connor went crazy! We then went and picked some apples. Connor immediately started to eat them. Mrs. Skees took him into the house and cut his apple. I was so shocked that he went with her. After we picked the apples Mr. Skees wanted us to come inside to show us some things. We went out on his porch and he uncovered 2 coffins. He said that he had built them out of a tree that had blown over from a storm. I was a bit taken off guard. He asked me if I had priced coffins lately.....I said no....he said that they cost $6,000.00 and he wanted to save his kids some money. I thought, wow way to save a buck! Next we went into their bedroom. The kids jumped up on the bed with Mrs. Skees and they looked at the stars and clouds painted on their bedroom ceiling. It was so neat. They painted clouds that looked like animals. It was a wonderful Thursday adventure for us.









As you can see by the picture, Mr. Skees put the ladder out so the kids could climb it and pick their own apples. I guess he didn't realize how small a 1 and 2 year old are. No way were they getting up on that ladder.