Pumpkins

Poor Ryan has been sick all week. It started with a headache and ended up with a fever and sore throat. After 3 days of being a couch potato, the doctor finally called in a prescription in hopes of getting Ryan back on his feet. In the meantime, we have been trying to keep up with our Halloween festivities around here. Ryan really wanted to carve pumpkins, so we gave him a dose of Tylenol and waited until he felt well enough to dig in.

We had to split up the carving and pictures into two different nights. Ryan was crying by the time he was done with his pumpkin. He carved through one of his spider legs, and with not feeling good it was more than he could handle. Poor guy. Thankfully for picture night he was feeling a little bit better.

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Fall

This is my favorite time of year. I love the colors, the smells, the food and festivities, and most of all, the cool crisp air. It doesn't last nearly long enough, so I try to enjoy it as long as I can. This weekend we met up with Andy, Janelle, and Seth in the mountains. The colors were suppose to be at their peak, which made the drive up there a scenic pleasure.

We hiked up to the falls. It was a long/steep hike, 425 steps to be exact.

It really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Although, my legs are definitely sore today because of it.

We stopped for a few pictures along the way.

The view was amazing

And we tried to take it all in

Some of us more than others. Cody was upset we tore him away from his Football Saturday. Kaitlyn tried to cheer him up. We did make it back in time for him to watch his beloved Bulldogs win their game!

The view from the top

After we made it back down the mountain, we headed into Dahlonega - A quaint little town nestled in the North Georgia Mountains. We have been there before when the kids were younger, but it is always fun to go back.

They have some fun shops with treasures and treats.

The yummy fudge that only lasted a few hours.

It was a beautiful fall day in Georgia, and I am so glad we were able to get out and enjoy it!

Fair

Each year Casey has booth duties at the State fair for the University/Poultry Industry. All of our kids have had their turn helping at the booth. This year the fair happened to be on our fall break, so we decided to go with Casey and play while he worked.

Ryan wanted to help Casey. They had several groups of school age children come through that were excited to see, touch and hold the chicks.

Ry did really good for the first hour, but then started to become a little tired.

This is when he mouthed, "Help me" to Cody....

Andy, Janelle and Seth met us there and Seth was also able to help out for a awhile.

There were a few chickens that were just beginning to hatch or had just barely hatched out of the egg.

Besides touching and holding the chickens, this was the most visited part of the exhibit.

After their shift was over, we ate lunch. Fair food is one-of-a-kind.

We saw clowns

and Tree People

who talked and walked around the fairgrounds posing for pictures with anyone who asked. Although, he didn't like standing still for very long or he would start to make comments...might have been hard standing still for long periods of time on stilts. He was pretty popular.

It was pretty hot, so Seth was thirsty and always looking for shade

Trying to make his own shady spot-

It was a great day and brought back many memories of going to the fair with my own family as a child(pictures below). Each summer we would gather the troops and head to the Lane County Fair in Eugene Oregon. There are many fun memories, like the time I stepped in the water when I was getting out of the boats, so my shoes and socks were soaked the rest of the day. Or the time dad left the car lights on and our battery was dead when we came out, and it was raining very hard as dad attempted to get us going. There was also the time when we went to the fair and it was so hot. We had to make a stop for dad to get some shorts(dad NEVER wore shorts). The only shorts we found were Bermuda shorts with little sharks all over them, man I wish we had pictures of those - so many good times!

We didn't have any crazy experiences this year. Well, except for the $130 ticket Janelle got on the way there(sorry Janelle). All-in-all it was a fun day at the fair!