Pumpkin Carving 2011

 

Apple Holler

We met our friends at Apple Holler in mid-September. It was a great early fall day and worth the short drive we took to get there!

Feeding the goats is always a safe start.

 

And believe me when I say fun was had by ALL! 

Don't worry Kenny, we have more quarters...

Posing with the pumpkins

Here's our friend, Ainsley 

(it just so happens she is 8 days younger than Abby)

Paul Bunyan's Chair = family photo op!

Good job, Daddy.

On the wagon out to the apple orchard

Anne & Ainsley

 

The girls all had fun collecting apples!

I knew Mallory was snacking on the apples, 

but I didn't realize she nibbling on ALL of them.

Momma Mallory sharing her apple with "Ains-wee". 

"Take a bite, Ains-wee. Ohhh, is that good? Oh, want more - here you go, take another bite."

Leaves

When the wind puts a big pile of leaves right outside your door on a sunny fall day...

More Fall Fun

We partially carved some pumpkins over the weekend. We saved the seeds and ending up quitting early for dinner. It was fun to let the girls dig into the pumpkin guts though.
Ember was all about it, but Mallory wanted her hand wiped off after each time she stuck her hand in.
She resorted to picking up the little pumpkin and trying to dump it into the bowl. I thought it was pretty resourceful. She's not really missing out on much skipping the pumpkin goop.

Check out this drool!
Reminds me of Mallory at this age ... December 2008.

Ember and Mallory kept reaching in the trick or treat candy bowl to see how many times we'd give in. One of them picked up a "Warhead" sour/sweet nasty candy and we couldn't resist seeing their reaction. Ember went first ... she made quite the face and immediately spit it out.
Mallory took it a step further and was actually wiping her tongue with the back of her hand. Yes, we are horrible parents.

Truth be told, it didn't stop them from asking for more candy.

Fall Fun

Tanner's Orchard 2010

Another fall season ... another trip to Tanner's. Us and everyone else, that is. It was crazy packed at the orchard, but we survived. See pictures from last year's trip here.

I had a run in with a llama last year. Maybe this one in particular wasn't to blame, but I got sneezed on last year and I'm still scarred from it. Yuck.

Thank goodness the goats are always anxious to be fed ... Casey told Mallory we were going to feed goats (among other things) and all week she was saying, "Momma, feed the goats?"

... sharing flowers ...

This was as close as she would get to the ponies... but boy she sure acted interested.

Finley loved her "rainbow horse"

Brady riding the "zebra horse", Yazoo

Can you tell they were ready to leave? After looking at last year's trip, I think the lesson to be learned here is that we should take this picture when we arrive... eh well, this makes for a better story anyway.

This picture says it all.
The End. :)