Saturday our family decided we wanted to enjoy the beautiful Fall weather and take a day trip to Eckert's Orchard to pick our own pumpkins and apples. Eckert's Farm located in Grafton, IL, is a pick your own orchard that has strawberries, blackberries, peaches, apples and pumpkins depending on the season. We were able to take a ferry across the river from Missouri to Illinois. The drive to the orchard was beautiful with all the trees changing colors and rolling hills of farmland. While at Eckert's we picked Fugi and Granny Smith apples along with our own pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. Brayden enjoyed a kids play area with tire swings, goats to pet, a playground area, camels to pet and ride, pony's to ride (but mom and dad forgot cash to pay for the ride, oops that was fun to explain). We enjoyed lunch outdoors while listening to live music and Bransen ate and got choked on his first french fries. A Fantastic Fun Filled Family Fall Outing!
Bynum Family Photo Op at the Apple Orchard
Brayden, Josh and Bransen showing our apples we picked
Picking a Granny Smith Apple, going to make an Apple Pie this weekend, hope it tastes half as good as Mrs. Black's and my Momma's
Nothing better than a Fugi Apple straight off the tree
Bransen going for an apple
An attempt to take a picture of the boys together in the pumkin patch with the tractor in the background, have to be fast.
Brayden's Pick
Sweet Big Brother Kisses or Pinches not sure which by the expression on Bransen's face.
BIG PUMPKINS
Will be curious to see how tall he is next Fall.
Brothers watching the goats
Attack of the camel
Not sure what to think of the camel
Love that grin
Eckert's Orchard, Grafton, Illinois
The Golden Eagle Ferry taking us across the river from Missouri to Illinois
Josh and Brayden on our ride on the ferry. Some guy next to us got really scared seeing our child in the drivers seat honking the horn until Josh showed him he had the keys.
Gorgeous Fall Scenery
Illinois Farmland
Driving to the Halloween Carnival - Brayden really liked his costume and insisted on wearing it in the car even thought it was 70 outside.
Daddy and Brayden headed into the Halloween Carnival
Mr Monkey
The Great White Shark
Bumblebee Balloon
The Pig Races - He chose the purple pig and it WON!
Pick a Pumpkin for a prize
Love that round monkey face
His favorite was the bounce tent
May take after his great grandfather Papa, was quite the golfer with momma's help we made a hole in one. Noticed he was going to hit it like a baseball so I stepped in to help.
1st sucker - he LOVED it!
I was able to get a pretty good brother shot! Brotherly Love 
Sweet Bransen Ron with his tongue sticking out.
The Moppets that attended the event
Riding the picker
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