Apple Fest

We recently made our annual trek out to apple country to enjoy a fall festival. This was our fifth year of attendance--wow! The day started out really foggy and cool, but rather quickly the sun came out and blessed us with beautiful weather which made for a super enjoyable time.

We joined up with a couple of friends again, just to add to the fun, and Bethany was home on fall break. :-)

We enjoyed wandering and looking at what the vendors have to offer while chatting and listening to music. And, of course, there are all things apple to enjoy. However, we can't pass up the homemade rootbeer stand--so good!

Sonja rode the camel with Claire--which made Claire's day. :-)

Bethany and Nikolas had a caricature done--super fun!

Once we left the festival, we headed over to the apple barn to buy some apple treats. Nikolas insists on a fresh apple fritter. I picked up a bushel of appples. The outing ended wiht cards and coffee at our favorite specialty (bourbon barrel coffee) coffe house.

This week we've spent several days processing those apples for our enjoyment. Connor made dehydrated apples, apple chips, apple sauce, and apple butter, while Sonja made apple bread. All of it turned out delicious! We still have apples to process so we'll just make more. :-) Yay for apple season!