Family Time 3

We went up to Friske's Orchards to enjoy the animals, playground, hot apple cider and fresh donuts!

Feeding the goat

and the sheep

He loves tractors!

swinging with Mama

That pose is all him!:)

Ride that bull!

Climbing the ramp up to Noah's Ark:)
Up the ramp and down the slide;
she did this over and over again.

Apples, Pumpkins, Hay Rides and Corn Mazes

October 11, we headed to Rennie's Orchard with friends. I LOVE this time of year and now I have kids to do all the fun stuff with!:) It turned out to be a VERY cold day and we saw the first snow flurries fly! Despite the cold, we had a blast and I wouldn't mind doing it all over again!:)

hay maze

exploring

more exploring

Inside a tee pee

Caedmon is the blue you see behind the corn

I followed someone who had a better idea of how to make it out!:)

They cheated in order to make it out of the corn maze:)

Packed a picnic lunch -
I'm pretty sure the temperature dropped even more while we ate!

We went on the hayride (Corey stayed behind with Carys),
but I had given my camera to Corey and forgot to get it back before the ride.:(
So this is not us, but that's what we rode on.
It was a long ride through fields and there was some gorgeous scenery!

They had a nice fire going and boy was it needed!

Worn out!

Picking Apples

When there was a let up in the rain, we went apple picking with friends. The boys were so glad to be outside and enjoyed eating apples as well as running through the orchard. The apples tasted wonderful! I love this time of year!

Waving at the tractor

Don't you wish you could be carried around in a sling?!
Yeah, I got sick of walking back to my basket with just a few apples...:)

Enjoying some freedom

Making Friends and Getting Out!

Caedmon and I went to an apple orchard this week with some friends! Yes, we already have friends here; isn't that wonderful! One of the other pastors in town is our age, married and has two kids! We've really hit it off great! I'm on a bowling league with them as well...that's another story! (Not a very good bowler...they may wish they'd found someone else!)
Anyway, my friend invited me to got with a group of moms and kids to an apple orchard and I jumped at the chance! I've always said I couldn't wait to have kids so I could do these fun things!:)

Caedmon had lots of firsts that day! I gave him an apple spear hoping he'd just eat the pulp, but he ate the whole thing skin and all and didn't even choke! Yes, I know, first time mom, overly worried... Now I know that he's probably fine with lots of foods!
He also got to try cherry juice - my first sip and I cringed at the tartness! He loved it and didn't want to stop drinking! He also got it on his clothes as well as mine...those should be fun stains to get out!:(

And he got to be around other kids! We need to work on some of his social kids - attempting to pull girls' hair and pulling their shirts are not very good manners! But for the most part, he did great! And we had a blast!

Notice the cherry juice on the mouth corners and sweatshirt!

Glad to finally be out of the sling!

Enjoying friends and apples!:)

He didn't actually get a bite out of it.

Enjoying a picnic lunch!