Fall in Philly

A couple of weeks ago we went to visit Ashley and Scott in Philadelphia. I still cannot believe how very beautiful it is there. So lush, green and just covered with trees. It is a little piece of heaven! While we were there we went to an orchard and picked apples right off apple trees. Those Golden Delicious apples were the most tasty apples I have ever had. Makes me want an apple tree of my own! Ariyah got into the action too. She was so excited to pick apples. She kept saying "apple, apple, apple!" What a great experience it was to climb up a quiet, little grassy hill to the apple orchard and pick apples! Yum!

Titi Ashley pickin' our half a peck of apples!

Ariyah enjoying an apple cider donut from the country store at the orchard. Yes, they are as good as they sound. Heavenly...

Fort Buildin

One of Ariyah's favorite things to do lately is build forts with her Daddy. Chris and Ariyah spend good quality time coming up with new ways to build forts in the family room. The like to make secret passages and twists and turns in their forts. Chris is so good at it! Check out the latest fort...

Here is Ariyah in the fort...

Here she is coming out one end...

And here she is coming out the other end. Check out that crazy fort hair!

One more deep inside the fort...

So much fun!

She WILL remember...

Ariyah loves oranges. The problem is, she chokes on the casing around each orange segment. So, we have to peel the casing off each piece of orange. It takes forever and I hate doing it. Today she wanted an orange with her lunch. I told her she could have one when Daddy came home from work. What do you think was the first thing she said to her Daddy when he came home at 6:00? Daddy...Orange! She has the most amazing memory. She does not forget!

Last summer fling!

A couple of weekends ago we had a fun long weekend in St. George to say goodbye to summer. Our dear friends the Bryants invited us to hang with them at their friend's condo. The weather was perfect! It still felt like summer, but wasn't too hot. We spent a lot of time at the beautiful pool swimming and hanging out. Ariyah loves, loves, loves to swim! We also played at the playground that was right outside our door and had some good food at the local Mexican food joint. It was so relaxing and fun! Thanks so much to the Bryants!



Ariyah and Daddy had so much fun in the pool! Check out Ariyah's huge floaties!

Our friends!

Dinner at Poncho and Lefty's...yum!