Halloween

First: The rejected costume. Wyatt did not like the monkey costume very well. I think the way the headpiece velcroed under his chin bothered him. This one was very cute but was a smidge too big.

   

We got on his lion costume and he was adorable. I was almost the exact same age for my first Halloween and I was a lion, too. He has been able to roar a little bit lately but he seemed to freeze up and became uncooperative when we got his costume on him.

 

Here are a few snaps from the night.

          

Fun Day with Aunties

At Calhoun Produce, Wyatt had fun with his Aunt Suzi and Aunt Sami on the playground. He had just woken up from a nap, thus the lack of enthusiasm.

  

Afterwards, we headed up to the lake to eat supper with Grandma, Pa, Aunt Amanda, Uncle Michael, Jake, Ben, & Rivers. No isn’t this the best snuggling spot ever?

 

P.S. I know these are almost two weeks old; I just got my camera pics uploaded to my computer!

Apple Pie Filling

Sorry I don’t have pics from the process, but my sweet husband made all 13 quart jars of this apple pie filling while I was at work. This is what I came home to! It is going to be so nice to pop open a jar and make an apple pie without feeling guilty about it not being home made. We had a little bit of filling that didn’t quite make a whole jar. I poured some on top of my pancakes the other day and that was absolutely fabulous!

The Great Pumpkin Cook Off

This past Saturday our favorite local produce market, Calhoun Produce, hosted it’s second annual Great Pumpkin Cook Off. Justin and I both entered and we took Wyatt out to the farm for a great time. I make mini pumpkin whoopie pies. I probably ate at least ten of these suckers myself!

{the awesome artsy pics of our desserts are from my sister Sami}

Justin made pumpkin Charlotte and it was delicious! He couldn’t find lady fingers at the local Wally World or the Piggly Wiggly so he just went and made some from scratch. My husband has skills, y’all!

There were awesome desserts and it was a good competition. Justin won first place for his entry. I hate that I didn’t snap a picture of the awesome basket he won, but it was definitely fabulous.

Applesauce

Justin and I bought a bushel and a half of fresh-picked apples with intentions of making up some homemade applesauce for Wyatt {and us, too!}, apple butter, and apple pie filling. Here is the applesaucce in the food processor. There isn’t anything in there but apples and water and it is absolutely delicious! We added a bit of cinnamon to ours.

Wyatt’s are in ice cube trays ready to freeze up for perfect portion control.

Georgia Mountains Getaway, Part 4

I know what you’re thinking: Four posts to recap a three day vacation?!? Well, what can I say? I take a lot of pictures.

We started the morning out bright and early at the Ellijay Apple Festival. We had a good time and even ran into some friends of ours from high school that happened to be on vacation too! Justin got a flying pig whirlygig for the yard in honor of his Flyin’ Swine Smokers cook team.

 

Afterwards, we headed south to the Rock Ranch to meet up with some other high school friends, Katy and Mitch and their children Sadie and Eli.

We had a good time and got to see hot air balloons and the balloon glow.

This miniature horse tried to eat Wyatt’s pants!

    

Mitch and Sadie Rae jumping on the giant pillow. She is so cute; smart and well-mannered too!  

 

Wyatt and Eli are two months apart but you can’t tell when they’re side by side. 

  

Whew! That’s all folks!

Georgia Mountains Getaway, Part 3

After picking some of the best apples in the world, we decided to walk around downtown Ellijay. It is such a great little town!

       

After a long day of sightseeing, we traveled out to a brand new vineyard, Cartecay Vineyard, for some acoustic music and wine tasting. We had small amounts of four wines each and brought home two bottles. We joke that we don’t buy souvenirs when we travel, we buy wine.  

Baby toy next to my wineglass, just keeping it real.