the end

we decided that since its was a bye weekend for georgia football AND the end of my fall break...

we'd celebrate this BEAUTIFUL weather AND the leaves turning BEAUTIFUL colors...

with a trip to the mountains!

we accomplished the four things on our list for a fall trip to the mountains (plus many more!)

- get a pumpkin

- pick apples

- eat boiled peanuts

- bring home a souvenir

we picked the perfect weekend, because the apple festival was in full swing!

our first stop was Burt's Pumpkin Farm!

 Indian Corn!

 Precious mini pumpkins!

With our pumpkin!! (We also got a smaller one!)

After the pumpkin farm, we headed to pick apples!

I wish I had more pictures of this, but we were searching so hard for apples I forgot!

 That would be my husband up in the trees getting us the most perfect apples!

And here are all 27 of them cleaned!

We are in the market for healthy apple recipes.

Let me know if you have any, or want an apple!

Then we got hungry for lunch! So of course, we ate BBQ!

The place we at lunch at is famous for their fried pies, so David got us two to try, strawberry and peach!

Then boiled peanuts on the way home :)

And for our souvenir?

We bought a beautiful log with candles in it for our coffee table!

WE ARE IN LOVE!

So here is everything we brought home today...

   We got one large pumpkin and one small pumpkin!

Some mild chow chow and scuppernong jelly.

And lastly, some muscadine bread (which David has already fallen in love with)!

We did pretty well for our fall day of fun!

But now it's time for me to go back to work...

And also time for me to enter grades... while I watch REVENGE :) :)

I hope you had a wonderful weekend/fall break/Sunday!

Love, Court

thursday, the third day

If you watched my video from yesterday, you understand the title to my post. I attribute it to Joey from Friends :) Today, I stumbled upon some pictures from the day trip to the mountains fiance and I took in January! We had so much fun! We stopped in a few small towns and looked around the shops. We also went hiking and walking on trails. On those trails, we saw some of the most BEAUTIFUL sights. A small snow and ice had just come through and we saw beautiful icicles. I found the biggest one I could get to take a picture with!

We decided to look for something to commemorate our day of fun! In one shop, we found a great deal on this beautiful fruit basket! Of course there is a lot more you can do with it. We were so excited!

We stopped by Goats on the Roof because I had never been. While it was WAY too cold for the goats to be out, we had a good time looking at all of the hillbilly paraphernalia they had for sale. Outside they had a nice fire pit that you could roast marshmallows at. Of course, I insisted David do it so I could take a picture!

We walked around several stores and spent a lot of time laughing and just have a great time. While we were in one particular store, we found the coolest puzzles EVER! Now, we aren't exactly puzzlers. Once, we bought a box of 4 and only completed half of one. BUT these puzzles are of famous portraits, or you can customize it. The best part, the pieces are in many different and familiar shapes! However, they are very expensive. Here is a link to my favorite one- Liberty Puzzles

I hope you are having a great week! Please feel free to leave a comment if you want!

Courtney