Dress # 3: Floral Pop

Happy Monday to you!  It's another week...and we have lots to be thankful for.  I can't believe it's the last day of October already!  Crazy! We had a really fun weekend.  We went to a cabin and got to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the woods and some great fellowship with friends.  The trees were fire red and orange and yellow... GORGEOUS!  I love fall! 

We also got to go to a very special wedding.  They are two great people and I'm so happy for them.  Their wedding was perfect. I took a few pictures I'd love to share with you later this week. The bride is so creative and it showed in all the details of her wedding.  It was like a dream.

Here's dress # 3.  I think this one it my favorite one.   I really like the cotton floral pattern and the fun fall colors.  It looks a bit vintage too...which I love.  I wouldn't mind keeping this one, but I shall refrain...

It's time to decorate pumpkins!

We still havn't even gotten any pumpkins this season.  Last year we went to a pumpkin patch and both picked out our very own.  There's not much time left before November is here! I can't believe how fast this month has flown by.  I still have my September calendar up in our dining room that I drew on our chalk board.  I'm way behind.

I think I might just go for a cheap-o pumpkin and paint it this year.  I like these ideas...

Applesauce for the Road

I love going to the apple orchard. It brings back lots of memories as a kid.  My mom would always take us and we would eat and eat and eat apples until we were sick. We probably ate as many as we contributed to the bucket. 

One year we went with our cousins.  If I remember right, my Mom and Aunt were both pretty pregnant.  We were driving home in those boxy mini-vans and hit a red light.  We were getting ready to get on the highway at a VERY busy intersection.  My mom stepped on the gas and the back door flew open! All those bags of apples flew out and apples went rolling everywhere!  So there we were, lots of kids and two pregnant women frantically picking up apples. We successfully held up traffic for as far as I could see.  Some people stopped to help us, but others drove through, squashing our precious apples! NOT OUR JONATHAN'S! There was lots of applesauce left in the road that day.

Applesauce... my favorite part!  When we got home, we would all help peel, boil and grind, until we had heaps of applesauce. 

Last year I think I made about 20, quart freezer bags and Justin and I had them with every meal.  They were gone way too fast.  This year I'm going to try to control myself! Portions... 

Here's a few pics of the orchard we picked at yesterday.  I think apple orchards are so beautiful!