Every Fall

Fall is HERE!!

and with it comes APPLES!!!!


Every year we go to Gay's Mills for a day



and get apples,



drink apple cider,


enjoy the views,


and the sunflower/corn maze,



visit Dudley



and overall just enjoy ourselves


If this year was an indication, looks like we will be visiting "Old Mac" as well :)

All pictures courtesy of Stephanie





oh and yes, I was playing with my blog. Is anyone having any viewing troubles? And is it hard to read like this?

rain, rain, rain

Well... for the last 5 days or we have had torrential rain every night. Thankfully, unlike a lot of towns in our part of the country, we haven't been flooded out.

But, when I went into work this morning. We had 2 inches of water in our basement office! So. I spent most of the morning squeegeeing water towards the drain. Apparently the back flow valve on the sump-pump was broken. So, I was also trying to empty out the sump-pump one 5 gallon bucket full up the stairs at a time. 2 buckets just got to heavy after a while. Thankfully, our plummer came quickly and fixed the sump-pump. So I only had to do cleanup. Rain is fun, and good for the ground and crops and all. But I've had enough for now. And I'm sure the rest of the mid-west would agree. I'm just very thankful that God has protected us from this.

crystal diamond ice

I was leaving school on... must have been Wednesday... and it was cold and dark outside. It wasn't until I stepped out the door and felt the pricks on my face that I realized it was snowing. It was so cold that the snow was more like ice flakes. And because of the lack of moisture in the air you couldn't see the snow unless you looked directly up or right under a street light. I hurt when it hit your skin. But it was beautiful!! It looked like diamond dust floating down from the sky. Like God was giving us a present, diamond dust falling gently to the earth. I don't know exactly how to explain it, all I can say is that it was beautiful. By the time I reached the house you could see the snow falling now, and not just when you looked at the street lights. They were perfect tiny snowflakes. Because of the extreme cold, when the flakes hit the windshield you could see there design. It's amazing! God is so completely amazing! Each flake is different and unique, just like us. How could the earth have evolved boom out of nothing. And make things so unique as individual snowflakes. *shakes head* how can people believe it, just do a little searching the earth shouts the glory and magnificence of God. I'm off to bed.