Okra, okra, okra. We’ve enjoyed our okra well into October.
Sweet Laura ready for church. She’s wearing her new backpack I picked up for her at a yardsale. It was $2 well spent!
Apples! I ordered a few cases of apples from Azure Standard and have canned a lot of applesauce and experimented with canned apples too. Looking forward to enjoying this applesauce – especially on sourdough pancakes this winter.
Laura loves helping her daddy care for Buttercup. She goes out with him every morning to help him feed her, brush her and help her get used to being in her head gate to prepare for milking.
On October 14th, our family and John David’s mom took a day trip to The Foxfire Museum in Rabun County, Georgia. We enjoyed a lovely drive and really enjoyed touring the museum. There was a sweet lady there who was a weaver. She gave us a wonderful weaving demonstration as well as showed us how to card and spin wool.
We ate a picnic lunch on Foxfire grounds and then travelled back to Blue Ridge and went to Mercier Orchards for some apple treats and apples.
October 16th garden harvest. It’s still such fun finding all of these treasures in the garden. I’m going to miss this so much once it frosts.
Weston with our barn cat. He was pretty feral when he arrived but with Weston’s regular visits and animal whispering skills, he’s getting less wild and is even allowing us to touch him.
Fair time!!
We entered several items into our local fair this year including baked goods, craft items, art and produce.
Weston placed first with his homemade bread.
Paxton’s biscuits placed first!
Cecilia absolutely swept the Primary Baking! She placed first with her biscuits, muffins, corn muffins, bread and cookies. She was excited.
I was tickled that my biscuits placed first!
With my first place fair biscuits!
My green beans also placed first! There were several green bean entries and I was excited to see the blue ribbon for these.
Laura loves helping in the barn with daddy – she even helps with some of the dirty work.
Serious little girl picking okra with her daddy. He took this picture – he said she was munching on an okra pod and telling him a big story.
On October 30th, Buttercup had her calf! It’s a boy! It was such an exciting moment to see a baby calf just after he was born.
Sweet baby calf. We haven’t named him just yet but he’s adorable.
John David milking for the first time. We’re looking forward to fresh milk, yogurt, butter, cheese, cream and all the yummy things that an abundance of milk means.
We don’t make a big deal out of Halloween but the kids do enjoy dressing up. They attended a trunk or treat at a local church and at their Mimi’s school and had a party with the sweet sitters and kids who attend childcare with them when I’m at my small group Bible study.
This year we didn’t buy any costumes, they used what they already had. Cecilia was Elsa (in her well loved, tattered dress), Paxton was an ESPN sports analyst, Weston was a cowboy sheriff and Laura was Cinderella.
I love them and the simple joys of childhood.
Hi! I’ve been following your old blog since you were pregnant with Weston. It’s so nice to see that you all are still living a simple life. I’ve gotten so many great homemaking advice from you. Thanks so much! God bless you and your family.