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Pumpkin Pickin’

Since it is almost the middle of October, we figured it was probably time to get some pumpkins.  If you know me, you know how much I love family traditions.  I love that Corey and I have brought some of our childhood traditions into our family, but I am also excited about adding in our own new traditions.  I am hoping that one of those is picking out pumpkins every year.


Corey, Cullen, and I went to a local produce stand this morning to pick out some pumpkins to make our house a little more festive for fall.  Going to little places like this makes me feel like we live in a small town; I love it!


Look at this wall of jams, jellies, and syrups.  I picked out some pumpkin butter.  I can’t wait to try it out!

I really loved all the pumpkin varieties they had.  Pink pumpkins, fairy pumpkins, whatever those green pumpkins are called. 


Cullen found a squash that was literally bigger than he is.  How does a squash even grow that big?!

Cullen and Corey picked out a pumpkin for the front porch.  It was really hard to choose!

Then Cullen got to pick out a pumpkin just his size.


He loves that little pumpkin!

I love how unique each of these pumpkins is!  And how cute they are sitting together as they bring a little festiveness (is that a word?) to our home!


See?  He loves that little pumpkin!

Also, it is crazy how much he looks like a little boy these days!  I loved watching as he saw everything at the produce stand today.  I love watching this little boy experience new things.  He was definitely at least as excited as I was!  I can’t wait to make pumpkin pickin’ a yearly tradition with our little family!

Now, since we are all decked out in our Clemson gear, it’s time to watch the game.  Enjoy your weekend!
Fall

Apple Pickin’

Happy Fall!!! (I know it’s been fall for about a week now, but it is finally starting to feel like it!) One of my favorite things about fall is apples!  Apple slices, apple pie, apple cider, caramel apples! Yum!  And in recent years we have made picking apples a little tradition.  We got to take Cullen on his first apple picking trip yesterday.
We had such a great time wandering through the orchard, sampling the apples, and looking for the best ones to take home.

We got to try a few new varieties that were pretty delicious!

And saw some pretty amazing mountain views.  Look at this adorable mountain home!

I think Cullen really had a great time!  Just look at that smile!

He wanted to eat the apples straight off the tree.  Not yet sir.

We did cut off a few bites of apple for him.  Apparently it was a little tart.  

And what is a trip to the apple orchard without a little wagon fun?

We took home sooo many yummy apples.  We are excited for all the apple pies these will make!

And we had to check out the pumpkins!  It is almost October after all.

I love that this has become such a fun tradition and can’t wait for Cullen to really enjoy it as he gets older.  I’m sure we will make at least one more trip to the apple orchard before the end of the season.