Happy Apple Farm visit

Dale and his mom
Just the girls

Bailey being Bailey

Lex enjoying the family time!! Doesn't she look like she is just having a blast!!

They never turn down a chance to pose for a pic!

Baiely is wishing she had eaten her Wheeties this morning!!

Teamwork gets a pumpkin!

Bailey decided that if she stretched, maybe she would be able to pick up a bigger pumpkin.

Bailey telling some random stranger about how her first pumpkin rotted!!

Instead of a snowman, it is a pumpkin man!

Gutting the pumpkins.

She never misses a chance to look for boys!!1

Bailey is not too impressed by the pumpkin guts!

Bailey took this picture.

The inside of a pumpkin according to Bailey!

Lex working oh so hard.

Bailey giving Lex instructions.

Suzy Q Weener

Lex's pumpkin

One Big Happy Pumpkin Family!

We all took a trip to the Happy Apple Farm today. The farm is about 40 miles from the house. Yes, I know I could have just gone down the street to Walmart and picked pumpkins, but that wouldn't have been near as much fun as this! We rode a tractor to the field and then picked our own pumpkins. We really enjoyed the day. It was a beautiful day! Especially for it to be this close to Halloween! We should have been in winter coats for the trip. We came home and carved the pumpkins so they are ready to go for Friday night. I am pretty impressed with how they turned out! Lex worked very very hard on hers! I, of course, did Bailey's because there is no way she would have been able to carve her own!! As you can see, the day was a ton of fun! I am super tired, but the day was well worth it!! We made memories today that will last a lifetime!

Bailey Cheering

Bailey did a cheer camp at Alexis' school last weekend. As part of the camp, they cheered at tonight's football game. Bailey really seemed to enjoy herself! Everytime she saw me taking a picture of her she got mad and growled at me. It was quite funny. She said that I was embarassing her by taking her picture. I couldn't believe her of all kids thought that! She is a total camera hog!! She ahd fun and I guess that is what matters!

I gave it one more shot!!

One of the kitties that roamed around the farm. This one would come up to the kids on her own for the kids to pet.
This kitty let the kids pet her. I think it had something to do with the lady holding the kitty there!!
Carrying her pumpkin out.
Even a kid with a face like this has to carry her own pumpkin.
Finally safe on the bus with her pumpin.


The kids and Mr. Ant.
Digging for worms. The problem was that the temp dropped pretty low overnight. When that happens the worms dig down deep in the dirt to stay warm. The kids had a very hard time finding worms.
Shucking pinto beans. Bailey really enjoyed this. I thought it was funny that this of all things impressed her.

Feeling the compost. I couldn't believe that the kids even touched this stuff!! The man even told them that it had horse poop in it!! As you can see, Bailey dug right in like there was no tomorrow!! Just before this picture they were allowed to stick their hands in a hole in the ground to see if the compost was warm. Of course, it was because it is supposed to be. (Even though we were freezing our bums off). I'm sorry, but if I see a pile of trash with horse poo in it being made into compost, I am not sticking my hand anywhere near it!!! Bailey was the first one to feel it!!

As you can see by the way we were dressed, it was pretty cold out. I think it was in the 30's while we were at the farm. The wind chill was in the upper 20's. At times, we even got hit with a little bit of snow and ice!! The snow and ice weren't too bad at all. I don't think the kids even noticed!! They were having way too much fun!!

So if you read the next post first, you will totally understand this one!!! I decided to give the pics one more shot and it finally worked!!