Sunday, October 12, 2008

autumn

Our trip to the Graves Mountain Apple Festival marks the beginning of autumn for my family each year. We drove up there today with some friends.


It was pretty warm and the colors weren't all that spectacular, but it was a beautiful day and we had so much fun hanging out with our friends. Here's a photo of the kids eating candied apples while playing in the stream. They spent most of the day digging enormous rocks up from the bottom of the stream. I'm not going to argue with cheap entertainment.


Here's the view I enjoyed a lot of the afternoon from flat on my back on our picnic blanket - after a lunch of brunswick stew, cornbread, applesauce and apple butter.



When they weren't digging rocks out of the stream bed, the kids performed acrobatic stunts off of bales of hay.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a great day. Creating great memories for the kids...

Kanga Jen said...

I hope so! The kids count on this every year now. They start asking about when it is starting when school starts.

Granny said...

What fantastic fun! These are days they'll remember most fondly. Hopefully like our camping trips to Chain O Lakes. "Cheap entertainment" with friends like Mare.

Kanga Jen said...

Yes - Mare has always been a cheap date, hasn't she?

Lynne Thompson said...

Cheap dates are the best:-) Looks like a great day! Thanks for sharing--LT

Anonymous said...

That looks like awesome fun. Creating memories with the kids...that's the best.