Starting Traditions

Last Friday night, when Mr. ATC got home from work he asked me if I wanted my Christmas present early. He told me I would probably want it now. I told him no that I wanted to wait because he said I wouldn’t have anything to open on Christmas. But he kept teasing me and finally I gave in and opened the box. To my surprise it was a Canon Rebel! With all the accessories I needed. I have wanted a SLR for a long time. We were even in Best Buy recently and he told me that he didn’t like the rebel. He was just throwing me off! I was soooo excited. I took a few pictures around the apartment and was even more excited about Saturday now.

We had been planning on going Apple Picking for a few weeks, but the weekend before, the weather wasn’t that great. And the week before that, the timing was off. But last Saturday was actually really warm :) I was so happy we would finally get to go and now we had an awesome camera to document the day :)

Since we live in a region where apples are grown, I thought it would be a fun idea to start a tradition of going to pick our own apples (and hopefully when we move out of an apt get a few pumpkins too). I think it is really important to have family traditions. Both of our families have very different traditions because of our different backgrounds. So while I would like to take a few from each of our families, I would also like to have and make our own. Like I said in This post, when we get married, we will be forming a small family unit with it’s own identity. I also want our future children to be able to participate in activities like picking your own apples that Mr. ATC and I have been doing since before they were even born.

Here are a few photos from our first fall picking our own apples:

Wished we could have taken a pumpkin home 

Mr. ATC picking some fuji apples 

Filling our bucket 

Love my our new camera

Gorgeous views 

Notice who is carrying the bucket, and who has the camera 

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We had so much fun picking our own apples. We will definitely be revisiting this farm for years to come :) 

What new traditions are you starting with your new family? Or are you carrying on your families' traditions? 

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