A Trip to the Farm

Field trip #2 with Sam's class was a trip to one of his classmate's family farm. Miss Rose (Sam's teacher) had a field trip shirt for Troy which delighted him to no end. We had story time in the round bales & then took a hayride around the farm.

Snack time before the hayride. Sam is sitting beside his best bud Emily (or Emiwe as Troy calls her).

There were pumpkins to "pick"


and play with.

Miss Rose with all her students.

And Troy poses for his own class picture.

Hiking Time

Before the weather cooled off we spent a day doing some hiking. Our first stop was the Stumphouse Tunnel (or Cheese Tunnel as Josh calls it). We went all the way to the back of the "tunnel that stopped the railroad".

Resting with the boys & dogs.

Sam & Troy enjoyed playing on the flatbed rail car.

Earlier in the week Sam face-planted on a sidewalk & busted up his nose & knee.

Josh & the boys at a waterfall overlook.

Being silly at the overlook (& proof that sometimes I take off my sunglasses).

Next stop was a section of the Foothills Trail.

We had a short hike to our favorite little waterfall &

swimming hole!

Sam enjoyed climbing & sliding down the side of the waterfall & Troy, of course, picked up rocks & threw them in the water.

Love these boys!

Fixin' to get out.

After lots of swimming, sliding, & rock throwing they dried off on the big rock with a snack.

We had a great time soaking up the outdoors & being a family.

Sam Turns 4!

Sam had his birthday in October. To start off the celebrating we made cupcakes for his class. He decorated them with one of his favorite things...jelly beans.

He did a great job & had fun.

On his birthday morning Josh took him to Dunkin' Donuts to pick up some munchkins (another Sam favorite).

We gave him a bicycle for his gift along with a helmet. He was pretty excited about the helmet (& did brush his teeth before going to school!).

Troy got in on some munchkin love.

We brought the cupcakes to his class & Troy was able to stay for snack time & eat with the kids.

We had Sam's birthday party this past weekend & as soon as I get caught up I'll have pictures from the 4 year old blast we had.

A Trip to the Apple Orchard

Sam's class had their first field trip in September. Troy & I got to tag along as we headed to Bryson's Apple Orchard in Long Creek. Of course I decided to take the VERY scenic route that involved going to Georgia first & then back-tracking through a national forest to get to the apple orchard. It was not a pretty sight & I felt like the worst parent ever getting lost during Sam's first field trip & making us late. Josh fortunately was able to talk me off the ledge & get my directions sorted out so we did finally get to the orchard (so grateful for cell phones & google maps).

We met up with Mrs. Rose & Mrs. Ginger & the others in his class for a quick picture (Sam is hiding in the back). Then it was off to pick apples.

Troy so much wants to be at school with Sam & it is wonderful that they let me bring him when I help out with field trips.

Sharing a peach slush.

We had a great time. I got some apple butter (yum!) & the boys picked a bag FULL of apples. They weren't quite ripe but did make a great apple pie.