We Love Fall

Scott had his first Saturday morning off from teaching/coaching in about a month last weekend and we just had to get outside and do something fun together as a family.  We decided to bring the boys apple picking at Carter Hill Orchard.  I'd never been to this particular orchard before, and we had a great time exploring, playing with all the toys, picking apples and, of course, eating cider donuts!  Yummy!

 Camden was a very good apple picker!

 I know it's blurry...but too cute not to post it!

 I'm not sure why I still attempt to get pictures with these two goons.  They never turn out well!

 Oh well, good picture or not, I still love 'em to pieces! 

 Watching them make the donuts in the farm stand.  We bought a little bag of six and they were still warm.  They didn't last long. 

 I had been craving one of these for about 3 weeks...This was delicious, but it certainly didn't satisfy my craving!  I want more!

Happy Fall, Ya'll!

Local Apples

Last year I went to a huge apple orchard the week Micah was due and had a blast with Camden.  We went on a hayride, jumped in a bouncy house, played on a swing set and ate ice cream.  Oh yeah, and we picked apples too.  It was super fun, but there was something special about the simplicity of our apple picking experience this fall.  Instead of driving an hour to a huge commercial orchard, we drove 10 minutes to the small local orchard in our very own town.  It didn't have the same hype surrounding it.  It was simple.  It was authentic.  We went all together as a family of four and the boys chomped on apples and laughed at Mama sitting high on Daddy's shoulders trying to reach the highest, juiciest looking fruit.  We've already made apple crisp once, munched on numerous apples throughout the last week, and there are still more...so I've decided I'm making apple crisp again tomorrow.  Take advantage of the season, right?!?

 I love small, family-owned, local farms and am so glad we had such a beautiful fall day to enjoy it!