Fall Festivities!

Geoff and I both had today off, which barely ever happens, so we decided to take advantage of it and pack a whole bunch into today.

Today started with us having breakfast with our friend Molly at Pine State Biscuits in Portland. If you don't know what that is you can go Here. or here

Then we went to the Portland Nursery for the annual apple festival. Yummy apple tasting.....all for free!

Here's the deal: About 100 different types (breeds? species?) or apples, all for your perusal)

Once you've tasted ALL of them, find the ones you want and buy by the pound

After the apple festival we met up with our other friends Megan and Jessica for some fun at the Roloff Farms Pumpkin Patch! (for those not in the know, The Roloffs are the stars of Little People Big World, about 5 minutes away)

Pumpkin picking is serious business

Serious...

...serious....

...business.

After picking our pumpkins we went to dinner at Helvetia Tavern right next to Roloff Farms. After being sufficiently fueled we went home to carve them up!

Pumpkin guts are not the most fun thing to stick your hand in

Pumpkin carving can't be complete without sugar cookies (the ghost ones are clearly the most delicious)

Jessica had apparently NEVER carved a pumpkin before.

So we forced her to do it.

Jessica's finished product (sorry it's kinda blurry, I think it adds to the spookiness! haha)

Megan's "Mr. Mewokins" Pumpkin

Geoff's cloaked Batman (done by hand might I add which is significantly harder)

My Witch.....or is it a Moon??? lol, wait, it's both!

All in all a pretty awesome day and a great way to get in the Halloween spirit! I'm exhausted now, as it has been an incredibly jam packed day but totally worth it.

--Katie