Apple Picking

I'm just now getting a chance to post the apple picking photos from September this year. We had such a gorgeous day for this type of activity. Gloria picked many apples and ate many! :) First we went to Pine Hill Orchard for breakfast (yum!) and to see the animals. Afterward, we went to Apex Orchards in Colrain. We love picking there because of the beautiful view! You can visit our September 2010 album to see all the photos.

Moo-tastic!!

The Saturday after Gloria's birthday I took her up to Brattleboro for the Strolling of the Heifers. Those Vermonters! I want to know who thought up this concept. A whole weekend devoted to the cows. It doesn't get more country than that!! We loved it though! :)

The parade goes through downtown Brattleboro and then a festival follows immediately afterward. We only did the parade this year, hopefully next year we can stay and participate in the remaining activities. We both had such a good time watching the cows and the many people who were in the parade. There were some very colorful people! So fun!

That same day we had a special birthday party to go to in the afternoon. Miss Olivia's! Gloria loves her cousins and had such a good time at Livy's party. We enjoyed ourselves as well! The weather was perfect for it too!

Photos from both the parade and Livy's party are now in the June 2010 Album. Enjoy! :)

Some Indoor Fun

A few weeks ago we took Gloria to Universal Kids in Northampton. It was a fun indoor activity for Gloria (and, let's face it, us too!). From what I hear, the forecast over the next three or four days is looking pretty bleak. We'll have to come up with some more indoor activities this week.

For now, we'll enjoy today. It is a beautiful day! A day we are thankful for. A day to reflect on the blessings in our lives. We are so blessed with amazing friends and family! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of our lives! We love you all!!

We hope you are enjoying your weekend! I've uploaded more photos into our April album if you would like to browse through them.

P.S. Earth Day was this week and I usually do a post with some Eco-living tid bits but its been a pretty exhausting week on this end. I promise to share some ideas sometime over the next few weeks. In the meantime, I hope you've come up with (or have continued practicing) your own ways to live a more earth-friendly life. :) Happy Earth Month!!