Leaves

The trees in the front yard have been gorgeous the last two weeks.


Now the leaves are falling....but now we can play!

A Weekend At Dillon State Park

We rented a cottage and drove down to Dillon State Park for the weekend: our first getaway with Daniel! Our little cottage was nice and homey with two bedrooms, bathroom, living area, and kitchen. And, it had heat, a major requirement for this time of year with a young one. It was a beautiful, fall drive down to the park because the trees were in full regalia in golds, auburns, and russets.
While there we generally relaxed with Daniel by exploring the park. The park surrounds Dillon Reservoir and it's known for its boating, fishing, and hunting. We walked down to see the marina, but not much was going on this time of year except for all the gulls sunning themselves. We also walked a few trails, the campground loop, and played on the playgrounds.


We had a good time and look forward to more outings in the future as a family.

Apples Galore

Beth Acker and I took the kids to Moreland Fruit Farm on Tuesday to pick apples. We wanted to make some applesauce to put into the freezer. The farm gave us plastic bags that held a half bushel and we took two and headed out to pick some apples. We found the Melrose trees, which were supposed to be excellent for making sauce, and started picking. These apples were HUGE! Nearly the size of Daniel's head! Needless to say, the bag filled up in a few minutes. So we thought, gosh, that was fast....let's get some more! We ended up picking three bushels between the two of us of Melrose, Cortland, and Golden Delicious.


The kids had lots of fun helping and eating the apples.



Then we had to make the applesauce. After three hours of cooking, we only had done one and half bags. Wow, we had picked a lot of apples. We plan to work on the rest of them later this week. Maybe some pies or apple dumplings? Yum.