A few weekends ago, Clarkes and Vollers went to Bauman Orchard for their Fall Festival. It was GREAT! We went on a hayride-twice!, saw some animals and briefly explored the hay maze, got a tour of the apple sorting/packing and where they make cider, had some lunch, bought some cider, and just enjoyed hanging out together.
We have been having lots of fun around here! The girls and I have been enjoying a couple mornings a week with Ally and Aiden doing homeschool. We are focused on playing and learning together. Ally has many fun things all planned out, she’s great! The kids don’t always want to do what is planned, but we try to get in an activity or two and just let them play. Just playing is so important. The kids get along well and are exploring, creating, and being imaginative.
We have done many apple things-going apple picking, painting with apples, making apple bread, apple tree crafts, making apple cinnamon play dough. We have done also just fun Fall stuff-taking walks at the park and around the block (Finally, after all the rain we had!), talking about leaves, exploring in the creek, jumping in the leaves (the kids weren’t big fans-surprising, I know!), making salt dough pumpkins, going to the pumpkin patch. I really should be writing down more of what we have been doing, Jillian and Lynnsey have been having so much fun! Fortunately, I have lots of pictures to remind us of our fun!
…more posts to come…
We had a lovely time picking apples with Ally and Aiden this week. I had never picked apples before, or at least I don’t recall ever doing so. I have certainly been to apple orchards for fall festivals and such, but have not actually picked apples while there. So, this was a first for me and the girlies. It was a cloudy day to start, but the sun peaked through just as we finished picking. I must say, the apples are DELICIOUS! I am totally all about picking apples now, so much for buying them at the store, it is definitely worth the little drive to Bauman Orchard. Though, I did find out that Buehlars gets their apples from them, which is cool, but picking them yourself is fun and costs less.
The girls had a good time. Both ate an apple while we ventured along picking. It was quite amusing watching Lynnsey eat an apple. It was such a tiny one, not much bigger than her palm and she sure did gnaw on it for quite awhile. Jillian also ate her first whole apple, pervious to this day they have always been cut up with no skin on them. Go, little girlies! Aiden showed his strength pulling Jillian along in the wagon, it was cute and I am glad Ally got a video of it.
Apple picking with friends = a good time for all- and lots of pictures 
It has been over a month since our last post. We have been busy living life. One day soon I hope to post a better update, but for now, know that we are well and loving experiencing life together as a growing family. July and August have been busy, challenging and growing. As we approach September, we are continuing to grow in our relationship with God, grow together as a family seeking the Lord and simply trying to enjoy all the moments-small and big, fun and challenging, each moment we have is one to be grateful for and one in which we can glorify God.
Last weekend we had the pleasure to spend some time with a good friend, Melissa. We ventured to the zoo, met friends at a park and went to dinner, splashed at the Splash Pad, and went to Blossom. We kept busy and had lots of fun. It is always nice to catch up with good friends and have a good visit! It is shame it cannot happen more often, but that just makes the time we do get to spend together more special. Thanks for a fun visit, Melissa!
June has equaled: work, end of school-which means new schedule for me, birthdays, graduation parties, zoo, friends, meetings, Father’s Day, autism conference, Joe being on call (glad that is over for now), more meetings, church, sun, rain, studying God’s word, going on walks, cleaning, garage sales, the usual day to day busyness, oh, and my new favorite thing-digital scrapbooking!
…and May got away from us too! My, oh, my! I seriously meant to blog more often and all of a sudden it is June!
Anyway, one recent event that is definitely blog worthy was our “Day Out With Thomas.” Jillian has been enjoying watching Thomas the Train and playing with her train track and Joe’s wooden track from when he was growing up. Uncle Paul arranged for us to go to see Thomas at the Cuyahoga Scenic Railroad and Uncle Mike and Aunt Anita were able to join us.
The weather was just about perfect and we went late morning, which seemed to be great timing for everyone in our group. We were able to enjoy some time with Uncle Mike and Aunt Anita in the morning and then meet up with Paul at the railroad. By the time we had ventured through the festivities and enjoyed our train ride the girls were ready to crash. It was a good day!
