Fall Fun

A local restaurant was having a special day for kids so soon as we could get them ready we were on our way.  There was a costume contest, but we missed it by 5 minutes.  Bummer!   Oh well.  The kids got treat bags just for showing up in their costumes.  Plus we got to go for a hay ride to a pumpkin ‘patch’.

We were the only ones on our hayride so we got to sit wherever we wanted to sit, of course the kids wanted to sit at the back so we did.  We almost exited the ride right after we got on, the petal on the tractor got stuck so when we took off we TOOK OFF!!  The wagon lurched forward, and we we went back!  Kylie and Reygann were on the last bale on the side and they both fell into the wagon towards the back, I was across from them and went flying too!  It was funny.  After we composed ourselves I looked over and saw Reygann still holding on for her dear life!  He-hee!

 

The wagon stopped at the ‘patch’ and the kids got to get out and pick out any pumpkins they wanted.

Kylie picked hers out in record time, and Brody was right behind her.

   

Reygann took her sweet time making sure she got the pumpkin that just just right for her! 

Not sure why he looks grumpy here, maybe because the ride’s almost over??

Nice one hun!  I remember to take a picture of us, and this is what I get, oh well.  I’m lucky I got any pictures, it was such a bumpy ride I didn’t think any of them would turn out!   After the ride was over they had cider waiting for us, the kids gulped it down and were sad when we were done.  I felt a little guilty going and having fun and not eating there… but they didn’t say you had to eat!  Plus we had already eaten by the time I got the info, so there!  Hopefully they’ll do it again next year…

Happy Anniversary

…to Me!   Last Wednesday was my 9th wedding anniversary, and look what I got!

Flowers!!  Ohh, I love flowers!  I rarely get flowers, Deric thinks they are silly, why spend your money on them because they just die, I say spend the money!!   I have actually only ever gotten 2 roses from him, one he left for me in my car, and the other was given to him by a friends mom to give to me when we sent the boys on a Valentines day scavenger hunt.  So I went from 2 flowers, to a whole dozen!  *swoon*

But that wasn’t all…

…I got chocolates too!  And not just ANY chocolates, Fannie May!  Yumm-O!

And I thought he forgot… *sheepish grin*

Apple Picking

The last weekend in September we went apple picking.  This year Brody was old enough to really enjoy himself and help out too.  (More like help himself to the apples, I can’t tell you how many we found with bite marks in them!)

 

Taking the wagon out to the field

We actually passed up the first wagon that came so we  could take the horse drawn wagon.  The kids loved it, and hung over the side watching the horses.

See, eating apple!

Picking apple

Kylie too

All the kids got to climb a tree so I took their picts up there too.

Helping Daddy out…

…and helping Brody out

And eating another apple… He couldn’t even put it down for a picture!  :0)

 

There is a train track that runs on the other side of the orchard, Brody loved seeing the train and we all stopped to watch it.

Soon as I saw the ladder I knew I *had* to take the kids picture on it.  I have a picture of me and my Great Grandpa sitting on a ladder in an apple orchard.  Ideally I would have wanted each kid by themselves on the ladder, but I didn’t want to push it!

I love how they all look grumpy here!

I was NOT pleased as this guy almost landed on me!  And then again when I was taking his picture he flew off (towards me) and I screamed!  I’m such a girl!

This guy was kinda cool… as long as he didn’t come near me that is!

Would these be considered ‘road apples’?

I picked this apple it had these 2 dents in it from being smashed on the branch.  It was actually kinda hard to pick, it was smashed on there so tightly.  The skin wasn’t broken or bruised either, just dented in… I thought it was kinda neat.