APPLETREES, PUMPKIN PATCHES, ANNABELL, AND THE BOSS

This weekend the hub and I decided to take the kids to the apple orchards and to our favorite pumpkin patch, a tradition we do every year. We took a hay ride through one of the orchards, it was really pretty with all the apples on the trees and the beautiful fall colors in the background. I would have had some cool photos if the kids could have refrained from picking their noses, making faces, complaining, and just all around goofing up mom picture taking(kids there such a joy). Anyway, after the hayride we went back to their shed to see the petting zoo and met a little baby calf the boys decided to call "Annabell", no not after their loving mother, but after the cow on the cartoon "Annabell's Wish", she was so cute, I got a great picture of her checkin out the camera. In all we went to 3 apple orchards and a pumpkin patch. We sampled apple wine, cheese curds, apple jams, apple cider, and frankly anything my three men could possible try for free. I bought apples, squash, apple butter, cheese curds, dip mixes, potatoes, apple cider, and a great apple raspberry wine(low alcohol). Spent too much money and left with full belles. At the pumpkin patch we took some pictures of us as scarecrows with straw hats and met a little kitty snoozing amoung what was left of the mums they were selling ( the kids said "he must be The Boss"). We had a great time and on the way home the hub decided to take us to the boys' favorite restaurant (what else a buffet) I ate so much food between the samples at the orchards and the buffet I had to be rolled home.....

Entrance to the corn maze, which the kids did not do this year. Our youngest is 13 now ya know, quess he thought he was to grown up for such activities....

And this is "Annabell" blowin baby cow kisses to the camera....