Some Truth to Share!

Still waaaaaaaaaaaayyy behind on posts…but wanted to share this before Halloween this week. If you’d like, please by all means copy this, make it your own and share it with your own neighbors and friends! And if you happen to be in our neck of the wood…please stop by, rumor has it that the nuggets picked out some super tasty…super sweet and possibly FULL-SIZE candy …yep, that’s right!

My idea behind the poem came from the Pumpkin Patch Parable by, Liz Curtis Higgs and My Happy Pumpkin: God’s Love Shinning Through Me by, Crystal Bowman. Both are fantastic nugget-friendly books that encourage truth!

Our hearts are like pumpkins, they might not be orange and round…

But there are many similar traits that can easily be found.

See the outside of a pumpkin looks real nice and smooth as can be…

But inside there is lots of pulp and slime that’s pretty gross and icky!

The icky-ness is how our hearts look as they reveal our need for grace…

When we accept Jesus’ gift of love, our hearts become a clean place.

And once they’re cleaned they are able to shine, to glow and share bright light…

And that bright light is what spurs others on to shine, even in the dark of night!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:17

May your hearts be blessed!

Apple Sauce

After picking apples, there is one obvious this left to do…

make APPLE SAUCE!!!

B was thrilled to pull the apple peeler corer slicer out for it’s annual spin…

Little A watched from the comfort of her own seat…it’s crazy to think this time next year, she’ll be standing at the stool helping alongside her big brother!

Don’t be fooled, Little A was sure to get as much attention as her brother!

After the apples had cooked, B helped Gram mash the apples up in the food processor…

Pushing the button was a hit…

Though he was slow to try the homemade sauce! (Go figure?)

Happy Fall.

Be blessed.

Another Friday FUNday!!!!

Wow am I back-logged on blog posts…chalk it up to busy little ones I guess!

Oh, so much to catch up on, I’ll try to remember it all.

Several weeks ago, we ventured out to yet another apple orchard…this time Emma Krumbees!

We started our adventure by exploring this old tractor…

Then summited a mountain of hay…

Then we checked out the annual scare crow contest.

These we just a few of my favorites.

Call Me Maybe?

Tim Tebow

Michael Phelps

American Gothic

Wheel of Fortune

Elvis

Curious George & Friends

Tin Man

Gingerbread Man

Cee Lo

Neil Armstrong

After checking out the scarecrows, we ventured towards the tractor trikes and cow-kid swings!

Then we tried out the barrel train…needless to say, it was a hit!

Our last stop before picking apples was the water pump…little A squealed with delight as she watched the little ducks move through the water.

The late spring freeze did a number on the apples at Emma Krumbees as well as the other orchards we’ve visited this fall.

The pickings were slim as we headed out to pick, but that didn’t curb the enthusiasm of these two!

Little A even joined in on the fun…as she sat content in her wagon as she watched her brother pick!

Whew! What a morning of fun! And what a sweet sweet memory, it truly was an Apple of a Day!

Be blessed.

Friday FUNday!

This week, we ventured out of our neck of the wood on another Friday  apple orchard adventure…this time Gram joined us!

We once again donned our purple, though this week proved to be a little chillier so the purple got covered over with fleece and headed out to a different orchard.

Before starting our exploration, we headed inside the orchard’s barn to enjoy some warm apple cider and snack…a chocolate chip cookie almost ONE FOOT in diameter!!!

After our tummies were filled and the morning rain subsided we stepped outside to explore. 

First the train jungle gym…

Then the hay mountain!

Then we ventured over to say hello to some goats…

Gram and B fed the goats…they were pretty silly as they ate.

Then we took a hayride to get a tour of the orchard…

The ride was bumpy and  fun…the tractor driver described the different tree and apple varieties. He also explained that a late spring frost adversely affected this particular orchard’s crop…hence the lack of trees available for self-picking…thus another adventure without apple picking!

Since we couldn’t pick apples, we ventured out into the raspberry patch to pick a couple pints of berries...a first for the nuggets and myself! 

The nuggets ate this up…Little A quite literally, as we noticed quite a bit of red juice on her finger tips and face!

I wasn’t able to capture the berry that A is holding up to show me in this photo…it was really red, really juicy and really smooched!

B was content to hold the pints while he watched Gram pick…

He followed her like a shadow…so engaged and interested in each berry she picked (he even tried one!)

As we made our way back to the barn, we walked through a pumpkin patch…

Little A had a hard time navigating her way through all the crisscrossed maze-like pumpkin vines…but was curious and wanted to keep up as always.

Upon returning to the barn, we enjoyed a tasty WARM lunch.  Gram treated us to some crowd favorite ‘Honeycrisp’ apples, caramel dip and an apple crisp to take home to share with C.

We could have frozen this adventure in time…it was so fun to watch these nuggets explore the big world around them as they simply took it all in with smiles on their faces.

Thank you Gram for sharing such a special day with us!

Be blessed.