Life.Planted.

  On Thursdays after school work we go on nature walks with the cousins. Gives us the opportunity to get outside and explore and run and socialize. The weather is cooler so it's a lot easier to get out and enjoy the great outdoors and we always have something to look forward to during the week. 

Yesterday we took a delicious field trip to go apple picking. We picked apples, went in a corn maze where I lost the kids. We ate apple cider donuts and got apple cider slushies. It's officially fall around here (except for the one 80 degree day we choose to apple pick) so we can embrace all the fall things and not feel guilty that it's still summer. After apple picking, we went home and learnt about Johnny Appleseed and we made our own little apple anatomy books and colored them while we ate our freshly picked apples. Today we are finishing up schoolwork then our weekly nature walk with cousins. I love that the weather has cooled down a bit and we can actually enjoy being outside.  "Oh, the Lord's been good to me, and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need, the Sun, the Rain, the Appleseed the Lord's been good to me."

Our boat has been the highlight of our summer the last few weeks. We got a late start putting it in the water due to mechanical issues, but once we did- there was no turning back for us. We got the pleasure of taking out a bunch of our family members and made great memories. We even got to park at the docks and get dinner brought to us on the boat. We also got to see some amazing sunsets.   Because our boat is small, it's been pretty crowded trying to get everyone on to take a ride- soooooooo we bought a bigger boat for next year!! We surprised the kids- they literally jumped for joy with excitement. We seriously could not have passed up the offer- it was an amazing deal. We cannot wait to get her out on the water. The kids will never forget these days!!