Play Time or Nap Time?

After all the baking and cooking Sunday morning, oh yeah I almost forgot, while baking the hot apple pie, homemade chicken noodle soup was cooking on the stove too :)~ I love to cook/bake. I should have been a chef, I missed my calling!

Anyhow, after all that it was time to work outside, I had 200 bulbs to plant and dirt to haul into the front of the house. Lee hauled I planted. The boys played on the swing set. Well at least they did for a while, then nap time arrived. Well at least for one it did...

Apple Pie? Yummie!!

Sunday, morning I decided I was going to be Betty Crocker! I broke out the apple peeler, Lee got it all setup and mounted down to the counter, Maddock got his little tail up next to me on the counter and McKinlee greased up his elbow. And the peeling began -- and some eating --

After the peeling was finished and the mixture was ready I prepared the pie for cooking


BEFORE:




AFTER:


Nothing says lovin' like hot apple pie next to a warm cozy fire,



Yes, that is Bambi above my fireplace, thank you Lee!

Leaves, Pumpkins and Apples

Last weekend we took a ride up through the mountains for a few reasons, 1) to find a pumpkin patch, 2) to find an apple orchard and 3) look at the leaves changing color. We picked an absolutely beautiful day... We drove up through the Blue Ridge Parkway, it was breath taking -- YES the edge! Just kidden but that was too. The mountains, trees and all the beautiful colors was just delightful against the blue sky...













So, check, we completed so far one of three tasks at hand... now off we roll. As we continued to look for a pumpkin patch, which we never found. We stopped and shopped the Tanger Outlets in Blowing Rock and I at least was able to get this picture...

I apologize for the crappy photos, they were taken with the cell phone.

Alas, we did find an apple orchard, however the bees were so crazy McKinlee was freaking out so we did NOT pick our own but we did purchase fresh picked apples for baking and eating :)

Three Amigos!!

Saturday night was dinner and a movie night. Our friends Kelly and Tim came over with dinner -- Thank you AGAIN! After dinner the monkeys were getting restless so it was movie time, what movie you ask -- Transformers, of course. I popped some popcorn, made cups for the kids, with a couple little sweet treats tucked in (starbursts/skittles) and the movie began...

Picture Day!

So, last week McKinlee arrives home from school and in his bookbag is a slip for "Picture Day" I was excited because since he has gotten older I don't take them to have their photos done I wait for the school/daycare to do them. Well I pull out the information packet and OMG the prices were off the wall. I'm sorry but $14.00 for a 3x5 I DON'T THINK SO! So I took some photos myself, you know what they came out really nice too...

Saturday Morning Breakfast at the Moy's

I just thought that this picture was so funny that it totally deserved a post.

Fencing Project Begins

Lee started the fence project about a month ago, and let us just say this truly is a PROJECT. The pictures below are only the beginning. He has been breaking his back trying to dig through this Carolina Clay just to put the posts in, so we broke down and rented a hole digger -- thank you Mr. Neighbor for offering to pay for it and then ignoring us when it showed up. That's another story but any how below are two pics, I will take more as progress continues.