The Apple Orchard

We went to cute little apple orchard this weekend and picked our own apples. The kids always love going and they seem to eat the apples better when they pick the them themselves!

The kids ate as we walked and Halle would take a bite from a new apple every time she reached into her basket! The lady who weighs the apples was laughing when she saw all the apples with bites out of them.

I love to make applesauce after going to the orchard.. which I haven't yet. But it always makes your house smell so good, and I love it nice and warm! Mixing all the different types of apples makes the best applesauce too! You don't even have to add sugar since the apples are sweet enough! Just a little cinnamon or apple pie seasoning makes it perfect! Yum! :)

Kamiah's Birthday Party

Well for Kamiah's Birthday party we had a tie-dyeing party! (Here's a link for tie-dyeing directions.)

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/tiedye/a/041601a.htm

We made fun shirts, hit a pinata that was homemade to look like a tie-died shirt and played in the water! It was lots of fun! And of course they all ran when the pinata breaks! (we had to give all the moms a turn too since the pinata was too strong! :)

And while everyone one was outside... a little mouse named Wesley snuck in and started wiping off the frosting with his finger and licking it! :) Goofball boy!

Kamiah and Wesley helped me make the pinata and thought it was great! Wesley wants to make one for his birthday too!

Let's give it a shot.

Several of you said how much you enjoyed our blog...

Well, we didn't have one, but thank you! I'm glad you liked it! :) I think what you may have been referring to was the photosite we used to do. Both Lindsay and I did one when I was at Iowa State, but I graduated and the other site went down and we never started again. It is fun to keep up with everyone, so we thought we'd start back up again and give it a shot. It will look very amateur right now, but here goes!

We just got back from a long vacation to Utah and Montana and it was pretty fun. Here is a sampling of our many activities. I'm sure I'll figure out how to do a slide show or something cool someday. But it's late and I need to go to bed. Enjoy the smorgasbord: