Spoon River Drive, Harvest Festival, and Apple Blossom Farm!

Whew!! It has been quite a weekend for us, but LOTS of fun! Yesterday we went to our neighbors church's harvest festival, which gabe loved....tons of fun games and prizes and candy! Then today we took a walk down memory lane to was is called Spoon River Drive. Spoon River is a river that runs along many small towns, so the first weekend in October many small towns (about 15 or so) have little festivals and people come from all over the midwest to drive from town to town to see what "goods" they have. When Dale was younger his parents had bee farms, so they used to sell honey at all the local festivals. Well, Spoon River Drive was the best and most memorable. So....we strolled past the spot where thier booth was, ate apple dumpling and butterfly pork chop sandwiches (all of which were traditions of the past) and Wanda and I bought way too many candles :). Then tonight we went to Apple Blossom Farm which is a local place where they grow apples (hense the name :)), pumkins and have all sorts of fun stuff for the kids. Our church rented it out for the night, so again we had all sorts of fun! Here are some pics of the many events in no order (only cuz I have no idea how to move the pictures around once they are on my posting page! any suggestions???).

Gabe went on a choo-choo ride all by himself through the orchard, loved it!
The HUGE slide! He was for sure the smallest kid sliding by himself...but he insisted!
Mom and Gabe on the hayride.
Random picture, I know....but this was Gabe's first table setting (minus the lit candles)...and I'm a super proud mommy! Seriously all I told him was to put the napkins on the charges and put a fork and knife on each side and he went about his business, way to go gabe!
"The Rock" which is directly across from where "the booth" was on Spoon River Drive
Blowing HUGE bubbles at the harvest festival.
Jumping with my friend Jade on the bouncy twister thing
Playing twister on the bouncy twister thing with my friend Sarah and some other boy we don't know.
Standing in the mums while grandma talks to the gardner about her garden....have you see thier garden!? pretty amazing!

The Last Days of Summer

So it is official summer is over! The days are getting shorter and the air is much cooler! Here are some random pics of the last days of summer time :).

We found a family of crawdads in the pool (yes after we had been swimming!). Country living at its best!!

The last day at grandma and grandpa's pool (last weekend). It was bit chilly..but worth it!

Playdate with my best friends Kenzi and Brooke at the park.

Off with my back pack!

Play doh isn't for anything but making a "ramp" for my 4-wheeler and "vroom, vroom" :) (the general as it is well known...grandpa has a red 4-wheeler called "the general").