Our First Christmas Tree!

 Adam and I have always said that our first Christmas tree together would be a live tree. We also said that we wanted to go out and cut it down ourselves. Our dreams came true! We found the cutest little Christmas tree farm where you can cut down your own tree! Here are some pictures of our little outing which took place the day after Thanksgiving. Adam's parents were in town so they went along with us. We so enjoyed them and my parents coming up to visit :)

Here is Jane and Steve waiting for the tractor to take us to the back lot of trees.

I just love him!

Fun times!

Which one, which one?

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I think we like it!!

Yep! this is definitely the one.

My favorite picture :)

\We made it to the top of the hill! The tree was surprisingly light.

We tagged our tree with a number, and it got loaded onto a truck so we could pick it up at the front.

Isn't this place just too cute?! We went inside, paid for the tree, bought an ornament or two and...

then I went outside and milked a fake cow.

Yep. You are seeing this right. haha

We took our tree home and Adam and his mom started stringing on the lights.

Cutie :) 

We ran out of lights, so we went to Home Depot and bought some more. But before returning home we went out to dinner. It was sort of a farewell dinner with Steve and Jane before they went home the next day... so sad to see our families leave-- but we had such a fun time!!

Here we are at dinner. The River Company-- oh so good.

We we got back home and we finished trimming the tree. The first ornament to be put on the tree was the "Our First Christmas" ornament we got this past week.

Isn't it adorable?!

Here I am hanging our engagement ornament that I bought last year.

We had so much fun :) every time I look at our tree I get a big ole smile on my face!

Thanks for reading friends! Till next time.

Apple Crisp for Two

 So what happened to all those apples we picked? Well, I made an apple crisp, and another, and another, and another until I realized I had made one every day for almost a week. The good news is that they were mini apple crisps so I couldn't just go back for seconds once my little bowl was gone, the bad news is my refrigerator is full of apples so I would just make another one. Seriously, these things are addicting and so easy to make. They are also great because one apple makes two mini crisps which is perfect for Adam and me. We don't need some huge dessert hanging around the house all week waiting to be eaten. Besides, I think baked apple desserts are best when they first come out of the oven. So would you like to know how I made apple crisp for two? Ok :)

You will need one firm baking apple, 3 tablespoons light brown sugar, 2 tablespoons all purpose flour, 2 tablespoons quick cooking oats, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg, and 3 tablespoons of butter at room temperature.

Peel, core, and dice the apple. Divide it evenly between two ramekins.

Using a fork, mash together the other ingredients until they are crumbly.

Pile half of the crumble mixture on top of the apples in one ramekin, and repeat with the other.

There! Now it's ready to go into the oven!

Let's admire it a moment more shall we? These are just too easy! Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Here they are!

How cute are they?

The only thing that would make this better would be some vanilla ice cream right on top.

Thanks for reading my friends! Stay warm tonight, Love ya!

Apple Picking

     Here is another fun activity Adam and I did over his break: apple picking! I had been every kinda fruit pickin' you can think of-- except apple pickin'! The place we went was called Johnson's Orchard. When we drove up we quickly got out of the car and paid to start picking because it looked like the sky would start pouring rain any minute. It held off just long enough for us to pick half a bushel-- that equals about 3 X's more apples than I know what to do with! I will be sharing a few apple recipes soon that these pretty little apples were used in. Enjoy the pictures!

This was a HUGE crate of apples that the workers had been picking.

I love this picture :) Look at all the apples on the trees behind us!

See the John Deere tractor in the background?

Here is our half-bushel...

and my man :) in the rain.

This is where you paid for the apples.

Inside they sold LOTS of jellies, jams, and butters.

The lady sitting down was peeling and chopping apples. From the pile she had it looked like she had been there a while!

Thanks for reading today friends! Love ya!