Fall Fun!

Well, the air is getting cooler and we are in full fall fun here at our house! It started about 2 weeks ago with decorating and making caramel apples...a sure sign fall has arrived at our home.

Living in an apartment means I only have the little space outside my door to decorate. But, you know our apartment when you walk up! We love to decorate and welcome people in! We ALL love caramel apples! They are so good made at home too!

We have been busy in school and it's been a challenge for Anli this year as she is in 3rd grade this year. She has to work on all 6 subjects every single day! That means she is in health/PE every day. I don't mean playing games...I mean learning about health, exercises, diet, etc. She even has tests! In Bible she is learning about Roman history surrounding Christ's time. She is learning things most seasoned Christians don't know! I just learned some of this last year in my History of Christianity course!

Virginia works on flash cards for her spelling words in English. She likes to work in the sun room.

Anli works at the desk in our room. Here she is listening to a DVD video in math! We love this curriculum!

Fall also bring with it AUBURN FOOTBALL! We have already enjoyed several games (some more than others!) and we are so looking forward to homecoming! It is our family tradition to go every year. Virginia was only about 9 months old when she went to her first homecoming game. She went to the University when she was only 3 months old...but her first football season was when she was 9 months...and we were there and have been every year since! We can't wait!

Here is a cute photo of the girls with our niece Emma and nephew Parker. Aren't they cute...look at that little jersey! He's gonna have to be tough with all those girls around!

This weekend we went on our first trip apple picking in Ellijay! It was wonderful and we had the place all to ourselves. Since the apple festival is next weekend (we're going to be out of town or we would have gone) I guess everyone is waiting on that to go. But, we had so much fun and enjoyed something new as a family. None of us had every gone apple picking before!

Anli is our apple lover...though we all like apples...this girls devours them like candy! They are her favorite food she always tells us! This picture reminds me how "grownie" she is getting, and how beautiful she is! Notice that she has a beloved apple on her shirt...and I bought that last year since she LOVES them so much!Virginia picks a perfect Mustu apple!
A Rome beauty picked by my beauties!
Daddy is the perfect size to pick the perfect apple!
Yummy!
Anli's basketful!
Apples anyone?

What a fun day together!

Because I am a outdoor fanatic...one adventure wasn't enough for me! After all we had the rest of the day to go. So, I found out online that Amicalola Falls is very close, and though we have been there before, the weather was gorgeous and we were up for a pre-picnic hike up the falls!

We made it to the top!

After our hike, we found a wonderful spot right be a stream to have our picnic lunch! The day was perfect and only about 71 degrees. We gathered fall leaves for a project in school next week too!Jay bites into a fresh apple pie we bought at the apple farm...yummy!

We had a great time and then...we're headed across the street to Burt's Pumpkin Farm!

These pumpkins are HUGE...and gorgeous!

My favorite people!

Daddy takes the girls on a ride in the wheelbarrows!

They have over 20 kinds of pumpkins! This one reminded Virginia of a hat!

The hayride was wonderful because it would wind through the trees and we even got a glimpse of the falls we hiked.

Our girls had a "hay" day this weekend...I know it's bad!