Fall Fun

We had such a great day today enjoying the beautiful Fall weather! We started the day off by heading up to Sky Top Apple Orchard in North Carolina with the Glenn's. It's somewhat of a tradition for us and apparently has become a tradition for lots of families b/c every year we go, it's more and more crowded, but totally worth it. First of all, it's beautiful in the mountains, the apples are fantastic, they have a ton of stuff for the kiddos to play on, live animals, hayrides, caramel apples, hot cider, and even hot fresh apple & pumpkin donuts! Now all they need is a coffee shop :)

We have a TON of apples now. I'm thinking of drying some in my dehydrator and making some sort of yummy dessert! After a fun morning, we headed home took naps and then headed to the GE Family Day Carnival. This was amazing! They had all kinds of carnival rides, bounce houses, arts & crafts, a live band, and best of all - all you can eat FREE carney food! We had a nice sampling of it all - funnel cakes, popcorn, popsicles, cotton candy, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken tenders, beans, salads, corn on the cob, cookies & ice cream. Katelyn was wired by the end :) Too bad now she associates all this good stuff with carnivals, next time we do something like she won't be able to have everything she wants - she may have gotten a little spoiled, but it was a blast!

A few other recent pics...Katelyn, Gino & her bowling animal friends all lined up waiting for Daddy to get home from work.

The trail down to the creek behind our house was recently cleared out, so we've been heading down to throw rocks in the creek almost everyday. Katelyn decided that Mommy didn't need to hold her hand anymore going up the stairs, so she went up and down them at least 2 or 3 times...great exercise for those little legs!

We also got our first pumpkin of the season this week and started by painting it. I think this week we may carve it too. K's favorite color right now is orange, so she LOVES this little pumpkin!

We are loving this weather! Definitely trying to take advantage of it as much as we can because I have a feeling this winter we will be stuck inside a little more than Katelyn will enjoy! Come on baby boy :)