We just came out of another fun, filled weekend! There are signs all around us that speak fall is on it's way!
Our favorite pumpkin farm is not far from our house and it's so fun to go pick out a bunch of white ones for a school sale put together and then some pumpkins for the kids to carve out!
We had evening plans but they got right to the carving part when we got home. They were both all into this! I'm fully aware that the pumpkins are not going to last long in our warm weather days but they had fun!
Austin had me nervous with a knife in his hand, so I ended up helping him cut out the eyes and mouth. Mr. Lapp thought he should capture a photo of us two!
It's September and I always love how blue the skies are and the mornings and evenings get this glow! A local town is holding a Hot Air Balloon Festival this weekend and we are excited to see many balloons in the sky! We had dinner plans Friday night and on our way out the driveway, we stopped to count 24 balloons! So pretty!
Saturday, we got up to watch the skies! Last year, we had so many balloons float past our house and we thought for a minute that one was going to land in our back yard but the wind picked up and they had to land in a neighboring field. So, we were excited to see these again so near to us! BUT, we were dissapointed to see the wind blow the other way. One thing about hot air balloons is that there's no steering wheels and they got to kinda go with the wind. We only got to see a handful of balloons in the distance.
We went to Weavertown School sale and look what the boys got painted! The kids love days like these! Ashlyn and Austin purchased wrist bands to play games, get face paints, eat popcorn and be with cousins!
Later that night, the kids and I hopped in the Audi and we drove down the street to watch the balloons take off in the sky again. We parked along the side of the road and the kids played in the corn field as I watched! I packed some snacks for us too! Mike joined us a bit later and the take off being only a hand full of balloons because of the wind. Instead of 40 balloons, it ended up just being 4. Too bad.
There were lots of people at the festival though having a good time in the bounce houses, ordering food from all the food trucks and enjoying many other fun things there! We drove around the block and then went back home for a campfire. Matt's stopped by after not seeing many balloons and we chatted around the campfire into the late of night.
As we chatted and roasted marshmallows and ate s'mores, we heard a tracker coming and thought that maybe the farmer was chopping down the beans across the road from us but it ended up being the corn farmer. They took down the first few rows at 8:30 PM, in the dark and what entertainment!
Sunday we woke up thinking we might be seeing the last of the balloons from the festival but didn't see them around. The wind must have been a factor this weekend. We went to church, came home for roasts that I cooked in the oven, watched some football, took a cat nap and then sat around the campfire at Mom Lapps with Mike's family. We made burgers on her new campfire ring and it was delicious!
Weekends like this are not going to last for forever. The tempts are still like summer but the chill that comes each night is staying fall is coming. I love it that way!
Today, it was lots of laundry, grocery shopping, mowing the lawn in my tank top (this will soon change too) and watch the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth 11. I'm not much for politics but world events are so interesting to me! England is such a neat country and what an honor to be able to watch online!
September is going fast! We have lots of fun things coming up for this autumn and I'm holding on to these summer tempt days!!!
