fall fun (or, autumn adventures)

okay, so, fall is here, and i am absolutely LOVING it.

the trees have been changing colors, and i am amazed at how many different colors leaves turn... in fact, you could probably fill one of those crayola mega-boxes with just using crayons created from the fall colors out here. it's pretty amazing. i think that what happens out here is truly autumn... i've always felt weird saying "autumn" and always understoon fall more. however, out here, the atmosphere, the feel, even the smell... i experience it all, and i'm like... ok, so that's what they mean by autumn. a more poetic word for a very poetic season. hmmm...

once the colors change some more, i'll post some before and after pics :)

i finally got to play tennis yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yup, i was super happy.

but for today... today, we had ourselves some fall fun.

rebekah, shiloh, and i went down the beltline to make our way to robinette's apple orchard/winery.

um... ya, this place is pretty much AWESOME. we had an absolute blast. the weather today is wonderful as well (sunny, low to mid 70s) so that was just the icing on the cake. we walked around the orchard a bit, checked out the gift shop, bought our hay ride tickets for later, and then hopped in line to get some cider!!! i never knew that apple cider and donuts were a popular combination, so i decided to go for it. both rebekah and i got cold cider and a plain donut, and then shiloh got a cider slush and a slice of amazing pumpkin pie. the atmosphere of this place is sooo cool. and it smells good pretty much every where you walk.

after our super yumy treats, we went on our hay ride which was SO cool. it was pulled by two horses (ike and hooter), and we got to sit off the side of the ride, so we could swing our feet (rebekah especially likes doing that). anyway, we took the ride through the orchard and through this really neat trail where again we could see changing leaves.

after our hay ride, we got some cider and apples... honeycrisp apples. i ate one the moment we got in the car to go back home, and it was super super delicious.

it was such a good time of relaxing and having a good time--a good way to spend some time on the weekend to kind of take a break from schoolwork.

whoa, that's a lot of pictures!