Apple Picking

At the end of September, Hannah's preschool class visited Erwin's apple orchard. It was fun to see her interacting with her new buddies and I enjoyed getting to know the other moms. Three out of 8 of us are expecting babies between November and January!

Little Red Riding Hood

Our friends, the Houtmans, invited us to a play in Northville at the Historic Theatre downtown. We couldn't resist the invite and had so much fun watching Little Red Riding Hood. I thought Hannah might be afraid of the wolf but they made it very comical and she squealed with delight every time he entered the stage.































We topped off the afternoon with a scoop of ice cream. Thank you Nan and Ashlyn! We had so much fun!

Fall Camping

Our family looks forward to camping each fall. The temperatures are a little cooler, the leaves start changing colors, and the campgrounds are generally less busy. Unfortunately, both weekends we chose to camp this year resulted in pouring rain 90% of the time.

Don't be fooled by the picture below. This was taken at Hoffmaster State Park, about 2 hours before we had to leave on Sunday. It rained ALL day on Saturday. We were so bummed because this is one of our favorite campgrounds.

















We did, however, explore Muskegon a bit and ended up touring a LST ship that was almost identical to the one Caleb's grandpa served on. We also enjoyed excellent burgers at a local restaurant.

Our next fall camping trip was planned for the first weekend in October at Sleeper State Park. Again...rain, rain, and more rain. Thankfully, it cleared up for a few hours on Saturday night for the kids to go trick-or treating. Hannah didn't mind the wet, cold weather. She was all bundled up in this cozy monkey costume!

















She also got to take a pony ride which she loved! A few of the other campers really went all out on decorations this year. We thought it was a bit over the top and also very scary for the kids!