Fall Fun!

We had quite the adventure today! It was a gorgeous day outside....sunny and 85 degrees! We all piled in the '55 Chevy for a drive up to Westin, MO to the apple orchard we like to visit each year. However, when we got there, we discovered there were no apples to pick! And, the cider mill was not running either. Apparently, the late freeze we had this year killed off the apple crop. So, we didn't stay long as there wasn't much to do. After eating apple donuts and drinking fresh cider, we hopped back in the car. Cole loved the drive since we saw many trains running along side of the road, we went over the Missouri River a couple of times, and even went by the downtown airport to see the fighter jets and the Goodyear blimp that were in town for the big NASCAR race this weekend! After that, went to Liberty, MO for lunch at The Corner Cafe. Cole was happy since he got to eat french toast for lunch and then even conned the manager of the restaurant out of a free chocolate chip cookie on our way out the door! :)

Liberty was having their fall festival and we decided to take the kids to it. They had a pretty big carnival which Cole loved! He wanted to ride some of the rides and he had a ball! We thought he might be afraid on some of the faster rides, but he wasn't! He just laughed and giggled the whole time! (Well, when he wasn't busy studying the rides trying to figure out how they all worked!)







After a long day (with no naps!!) and lots of fun, we decided we better call it a day! It wasn't long until both kids were crashed out for the drive home!