Remember how I said October has been a busy month with an "onslaught" of pictures? Well, let some of that onslaught begin!
(And we haven't even hit Halloween yet...)
We have really enjoyed fall this year but alas, Hurricane Sandy is now pounding at our windows and quickly blowing down all the beautiful foliage that we've been admiring. Thankfully, we've been able to take in quite a bit of this season as winter may seem to come early with all the bare trees that will be left.
Earlier on in the month, we took a short drive out of the city to "Outhouse Orchards" (yeah, hideous name, we know) with some other people from our church community. We had a great time picking apples and just taking in some fresh air and open fields.
It was a
sweet day. Maelee had a blast tasting apples and sitting on pumpkins,
and even surprised us by excitedly braving the pumpkin bouncy house!
She is starting to get less and less hesitant about more "daring"
activities :) Uh-oh! No, she is no dare-devil yet, and we certainly
aren't encouraging her to be one, but we sure were proud of her for
trying something she'd normally back away from.
As always, here's a slideshow of MORE pics from our apple-pickin' day:
And we were super proud of her the next weekend for riding a horse- with mommy's hands tightly around her waist first- and then riding a pony all on her own!!!
Backtrack first though... we had a very special weekend (weekend before last) in DE visiting Too-Dad & Too-Mom (aka Mary Catherine, aka "Nart), and Nana & Pop-Pop even drove up for the visit! It really was an awesome time. So many sweet memories and we are so thankful for these relationships.
On Saturday, we spent the morning into the afternoon at the incredible Fifer Fall Fest. Mary Catherine's late husband's family owns the Fifer Orchards and they put on a wonderful festival each fall with adorable rides and activities, more apples and pumpkins (and hay!), and lots of family fun :). We all had a blast and Maelee loved every minute of it!
So proud of my big girl!
In heaven at the petting zoo :)
Loving the pumpkin "barrel" tractor/train ride!
Playing in a sea of corn...
The gender confused farmer and wife :)
Fun (and informative!) hay ride :)
And as our fun was ending, Maelee asked to ride on the pony by herself!!!
Yup, we were proud.
Had to get a few more posed shots :)
Then Maelee got some final apple picking with Nana & Pop-Pop
while Steve and I took in the the big corn maze
It really was great. And just such a fun time with family. Here are a few more shots from our memorable weekend:
And a final slideshow of more shots from the DE trip:
