Pile of Leaves!

This weekend Kylie and I raked up all the leaves we could find in our backyard. There were quite a few but this isn't even a 1/4 of what will actually fall.

We raked them with the idea of jumping into them not cleaning up the yard. Both girls had so much fun, as you can see for yourself.

One of the many, many times Kylie jumped into the pile:

Lacey's attempt:
Lacey's was actually pretty funny considering that she would fall right at the very beginning of the pile and barely hit any leaves at all! That did not deter her at all, she loved playing in those leaves.

I loved watching them have so much fun. They both just had looks of joy on their faces as they played in the leaves. Something so simple, something so fun!

What did you do this weekend?

Beautiful Fall Colors

I thought the colors of this tree were so beautiful. I love the colors of the trees in the fall.

Having fun at the Apple Orchard

Today after Kylie's soccer game I took the girls to a nearby orchard. We had a great time! Our or issue was that it was so blazing hot. I apparently forgot to check how warm it was supposed to be, the van thermometer said it was 85!

The girls thought it was so cool, that I let them climb on the this tractor.

If you look in the background, you can see a ferris wheel! Yes a ferris wheel at an Orchard, how cool is that?!
Posing with the pumpkins while we were waiting in line to get into the Orchard.
It also had a small zoo, Lacey was totally intrigued. She mostly just stood back and watched Kylie feed the animals.

Check out those rosy cheeks!
The obligatory pumpkin photo...
Here we go picking apples!
Got one!


Kylie picked quite a few apples, she was lovin' it
Can't you tell?
This orchard was so much fun, they are open to the public starting in June. In addition to apples and pumpkins they also have cherries, peaches, and raspberries! We will have to go back next year during the summer and pick some of these tasty treats. Our family loves fruit! They also have a big play area for the kids to play in, unlimited hayrides, a haunted house in the fall, and some live entertainment. Pretty cool to find this all in one place for a very reasonable price.

Note to Mommy: bring more water!

Apple Festival Parade

This weekend was also the annual Apple Fesival Parade. Kylie had the opportunity to be in the parade, on two different floats actually. Her soccer team float and her school float. She chose the school float. Here are some of the pictures I took of her schools float.

Ms. J...doesn't she look great! The theme was fiesta!

Great float, right?!

Look at the back, do you see Kylie?

All in all it was a great day, a lot cold but the kids and teachers did great with their float!

Apple Festival

At the last minute I decided to take the girls to the annual apple festival in our town. My main reason for deciding to go was the weather...it was nearly 70 on Friday night because I knew was going to be cold and windy on today. We went and the girls had a great time with all the rides...mostly Kylie since she was big enough to ride most all of them.

There were exactly 2 that Lacey could ride on without me...this truck ride was one of them. She started off very happy to be riding, but the longer it took them to get going the less she was liking the idea of the ride...

This was the result...she cried the entire ride! I thought this would cure her wanting to ride on anymore rides, I was wrong.

Kylie absolutely loves the trampoline bungee jumping, she's done it before so she knew she would love it this time too! She was relentless about doing this, so I gave in since going to the festival was for their enjoyment anyway :)

Lacey had a great time watching big sister jumping!

As you can tell she thoroughly enjoyed herself as you can tell :)

This was Lacey's favorite ride. Something was obviously very funny!

They both had a great time on this ride! Love these 2!