Final Trip to the Fall Harvest Orchard and Fun Run 2014

Three Christmas Bears

Finn was enthralled with the goats

Four boys feeding goats

Luke and his chicken

Liam and his chicken

AJ holding Finn on the tractor

The Neighborhood gang hanging out on the swing set (Left to Right: Jack W,  Riley, Aiden, Liam, Luke)

You can kind of see Liam in the middle running (Navy jacket)

Luke is running in the back and middle of picture (gray jacket)

Luke and Liam's teacher, Ms. Stromback, is the tall blonde woman in the middle of picture

Liam is proudly showing all the laps he finished

Luke 

Enjoying popsicles with some classmates and friends after the race


One of our favorite fall outings is a trip to the Fall Harvest Orchard.  It is a family owned and operated little farm (the owner used to drive the tractor for the hayride) with animals you can pet, hold, and feed as well as pumpkins, apples, games, tractors to sit on, and a hayride.  We have taken Luke and Liam since they were around Finn's age.  When the kids were younger and we didn't have to worry about school schedules, our twins group would make the trek out to the orchard with several sets of twins and moms for the day.  Sadly, the sweet owner of the orchard passed away in August from pancreatic cancer and they are selling the farm so the orchard is closing.  We have many fond memories of our visits and we were thankful that Finn got to make a trip over the weekend.
 Luke and Liam participated in their first annual Elementary School Fun Run to raise money to support their school.  Thanks to several family members for supporting Luke and Liam and sponsoring their efforts.  This is the largest fundraiser at their school and thankfully takes the place of selling wrapping paper, popcorn, wreaths, candy bars, and other miscellaneous items.  Luke and Liam were very excited to participate.  Liam wanted to be the first grader with the most laps.  I am not completely sure of the outcome yet, but both of the boys had a great time and ran hard for the entire 45 minutes.  Aiden, Finn, and I went out on a chilly, yet sunny, October morning to cheer them on.  Finn was not happy sitting in the stroller so he did lots of walking around.  Aiden ran a few laps, though not nearly as many as he talked about doing in the car ride to school.  It was a beautiful fall day and the boys had a blast!   They cancelled the race last week due to cold, windy, and rainy conditions and I am so glad they did because the delayed race day was gorgeous!