Fall Harvest and Apple Picking

One of my favorite things to plant in our garden each summer is squash and pumpkins. I think it's because we have to wait the longest for them to be ready and it's so fun to be harvesting fresh produce in October. This year we harvested a record number of squash in our garden with a total of 15! We also have 2 large pumpkins that will be perfect in time for Halloween!








We spent some time today picking apples at one of Brian's coworker's house. They have been planting apple trees gradually over the past 20 years and now have an orchard of about 100 trees in their backyard! It was such a beautiful and charming afternoon. We picked Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Red Delicious, and one other I can't remember the name of. We also picked out a pumpkin and a bunch of gourds.

The Littlest DMB Fan

Happy Birthday to My Mama!

Despite some sad family circumstances, we were still able to have a nice birthday weekend. We spent a quiet two days at the cabin, and ate lots of good food. We celebrated with cake on Monday night, and Addie was insistent on going and getting me a school bus birthday cake from Dairy Queen. We have no clue how she came up with this grand idea! Even though they were not able to find a school bus cake, we still had some Dairy Queen cupcakes and they were delicious!

The Great Minnesota Get Together

We all had a great time at the State Fair this year! We usually go on a weekday evening to avoid crowds, but have seemed to run out of time to do all the "kid" activities with Addie. So this year we went on a Sunday morning, and will definitely make this our new tradition. We ate, played, and even got to hang out with Grandma and Papa. Here are some of our favorites from the day:










Addie LOVED the Kidway. I'm certain she would have gone on every ride if we had let her!


Acting like a silly chicken with Grandma




Working on the farm. Addie had a great time, but Brian and I thought it was too bad Cargil runs the whole thing. She even had to feed corn to all the animals. Ugh.













Sweet Martha's cookies and the Giant slides. Two MN State Fair MUSTS!