Time has flown this fall. I can't believe we haven't posted since August. We've had a busy Fall, so we thought we'd just give you a sample of that from the past weekend.

On Saturday, we took advantage of the nice weather (it's pretty much been nice weather since July with the exception of a few rainy weeks and a couple of hot days) to go out apple picking. Unfortunately the rest of Columbus also decided that a 73 degree day in October (without a football game) would also be a good day for apple picking. We went with our friends the Tomans,  got a couple varieties of nice crispy apples, and then went down to get some pumpkin and apple donuts.


Here's Molly "helping" pick apples

 and goofing around in the corn with Cadie

 And sitting on the bench with Asher and Cadie

 After the orchard, our friends invited us to their property out in rural Ohio for a bonfire to roast some hot dogs and marshmallows. It was a great night for it and we had a lot of fun. Molly got to go on a tractor ride with Daddy (thanks to Brian for trusting that I wouldn't run the tractor into a ditch like I had been known to do in my old job at Natural Lands Trust)

 And Molly ended the night being mesmerized by the fire (this is the best picture I could get with almost no light)

Then, the next day,  we were at it again. Molly "helped" Mommy bake some Halloween cookies for our friends who we were meeting for dinner that night

Molly got all dressed up for a night at our friends, but we had to make one quick stop first

 To visit Molly's teacher Grace and her new baby Arlo. Molly was in shock when Grace asked if she wanted to hold Arlo. You all know how much Molly loves holding and rocking and wrapping and shhh-ing her baby dolls. Well, she was very excited to get to hold a real baby (and also a little nervous from the look on her face).

And that has been our fall in a nutshell - we've been keeping busy and are starting to feel in the groove in Columbus...