Apple Picking!

I love fall! Definitely my favorite time of year. We went apple picking with some cowboys last weekend and the weather could not have been more perfect! Sunny and cool with a slight breeze. And the apples were SOOOO delicious, only 15 minutes from our house!! This place had a corn maze and a little zoo.

Peter picking apples. You were allowed to eat whatever you wanted from the apple trees or grapevines. You only paid $3 to enter and we definitely could not eat a pound each... This little 9 month old, Isaac, loved eating the apples! He just gummed them like candy. So cute.
Funniest picture of the day...

Stinkers Bay

We met up with our BFFs Joel and Shontel and their son Nathan in Wisconsin for a relaxing weekend on the lake. However, Stinkers Bay didn't quite do it for us. The "cabin" that was so wonderfully described to us on http://www.vrbo.com/ (watch out you vacationers!) was just an old double wide with nothing but dampness inside (and I'm being nice). It was quite the memorable weekend and we are thankful our friends are so chill!


We did go to Madison one day and enjoyed the "Taste of Madison" treats downtown, and also enjoyed a fun boat ride around the lake, which included swimming in the dreaded water. Once you were in, you could not see your body or limbs... YIKES! There were pretty sunsets and the fish were jumping like crazy... I guess they were feasting on the misquitos who were feasting on us!!

Our double wide on Stinkers Bay- we found out the name of the bay after renting a boat with a map. Definitely lives up to its name though!!

The lake was up 4 feet because of flooding (ummm, yes there was standing water around our trailer) which made for pretty pictures in the evening.

Our boat - which was a place of comfort and luxury after a weekend in the trailer.

Joel making fire. Good thing we had planned on using the fire to cook dinner as there was no oven!! What?!

The beautiful VanderLugt family that we cherish for making our vacation weekend a fun one!

Baby Annalea Leverentz

My sister had her third little girl in August. Our ALMOST 5 years old niece Amanda is so excited that she gets to hold her new sister!!
Our nieces Amanda and Allie LOVE to play with Uncle Peter. They thought it was soooo hilarious when he had a blanket on his head and talked like a girl!
My sister Christy, mother and I with Christy's beautiful little girls.