Autumn Pickings

Since Mother Nature decided to shape up and FINALLY give us lovely fall weather this past weekend, we decided to take advantage of it and headed to Aamodt's Apple Orchard in Stillwater on Sunday. Jeff and I ate our weight in apple-related treats (apple cider donuts, apple cookies, apple brats, hot apple cider, caramel apples, etc.), and Liam scoped out the sights from his Baby Bjorn-vantage point:

Family shot outside of the orchard

Liam, looking less than thrilled about our excursion

Relaxing during our apple-themed lunch (Liam got stuck with a boring bottle)

If I sweet-talk her, maybe the lady behind the counter will give me an apple donut.

Liam loves to chew on fingers these days....and really, ANY finger will do:

After apple-picking commenced (ok, we didn't actually PICK our own apples....unless grabbing them out of a bin in the orchard store counts as "picking"), we headed over to Axedahl's Farm down the road to choose our pumpkins...

Axedahl's Farm, a pumpkin/gourd mecca

Pumpkin Mountain

Liam, attempting to "scale" Pumpkin Mountain

Hello, pumpkin....I am going to eat you now.

Chillaxin' on his pumpkin throne

Oops! (Though in our defense, we found this sign laying on the ground, in a mud puddle.)

Random pumpkin/gourd photos:

One last attempt at a photo shoot with Liam, inside the barn:

What a trooper. : )

We headed home late afternoon, bellies and bags full of appley-goodness (and with two pumpkins for our front stoop). In short, it was a great day.

I hope I can remember this when we are knee-deep in snow this winter.

Love,
Farrah, Jeff & Liam