Fall Festivities!

We have had a busy week! Last Thursday the kids and I went apple picking at Bushy Hill Orchard in Granby with our friends Jenn, Bailey & Jacqueline. We rode a very bumpy tractor/hay ride to the u-pick area and filled our 10-lb bags (and our bellies!) with delicious apples! I have intentions to make a pie, but have not gotten around to that yet. And the way these kids eat apples, I may not get a chance to!
On Monday, we went out to Dad's and went to Buell's Orchard's Open House. The kids had a great time eating popcorn, donuts, drinking cider, and riding the hayride out to the pumpkin patch. We found 6 great pumpkins! One big one, 2 medium sized ones, 2 small ones, and a gourd Emmalee insisted on getting. We will only carve the 3 biggest ones. Steve wanted to carve the Boston "B" on one of them, but the way these games are going, we may want to wait on that!

We came to the realization that Micah is allergic to cats when we were at Dad's. He was lying on the floor playing with Buddy, a big, white, coarse-haired, friendly cat. Soon, Micah began sneezing. In the car on the way to the orchard, he said his eyes were itchy. When we arrived at the orchard, his eyes were puffy, purple, and runny. We had had an incident similar to this when we visited Mom in NC in April - not to this extent, but her cat has different hair than Buddy. We knew he was suffering from some kind of allergy, but thought it was seasonal, not cats! Now we know! Check out the sad looking picture of him!
After the orchard, we visited with Grammy and Grampy for a while. We always enjoy spending time with them!