A beautiful fall weekend

Saturday turned out to be such a beautiful day. We decided to take the boys to a farm to pick apples. They were all very excited about our adventure. The farm is about a 30 minute drive from our house. They are open certain months of the year and have all sorts of fruit and vegetable picking based on what is in season. I have wanted to do this for so long and I am glad we finally did it.

There are so many different kinds of apples to choose from. We got a variety and tried to get more of one used for baking.

We tried to teach the boys how to determine if an apple was good and worth picking. When we arrived the signs say if you pick it you bought it. The fields were filled with apples on the ground though.

The farm had pumpkins but we decided to wait and go to a local farm stand near our house. They had some very large pumpkins there. Here the kids are sitting on one.

Who are those 3 little pigs. A little fun while we waited for our hay ride.

The boys loved the hay ride. Part of the ride was in the woods and there were different scenes set up. For example, they had the houses of the 3 little pigs with the wolf standing at the house made of brick. They also had little red riding hood and many more.

We had a great time. I ended up making Fried Apples last night. It is was very easy and very delicious. You melt butter, then add the apples, apple pie spice and 3/4 cup brown sugar. Saute until the apples are tender. Tonight I will make apple bread. Now only another 13 lbs of apples to use.

On Sunday, the boys had 2 baseball games. We were rained out last weekend and were able to make that game up yesterday. We were blessed with another beautiful day. Jay had a home run in the first game and EE had one in the second. They were both so excited about their first home runs.