Happy Halloween

It's October 31st and it was great waking up this morning and realizing that Game 6 really happened last night and the Red Sox are the 2013 world series champions! What a great treat for Red Sox Nation on this Halloween. We weren't sure if we were going to dress up for Halloween this year because neither of us would get home from work very early tonight, and it's a week night so we're probably not going out partying (never say never though). But we did still get into the spirit of the holiday while supporting our favorite team at the same time.

Red Sox Fans costumes!

I got this crazy idea to make our own Red Sox beards, since that's been a hallmark of the mlb season this year and it seemed like a simple yet fun way to fulfill my fetish of dressing up in October. But Jeff had the car and I couldn't find a way to get myself to a fabric store without riding a bus for 2+ hours. When Jeff got home from work he agreed to go with me to the nearest Jo-Ann Fabric to pick up our costume supplies. We found some brown fleece and fabric glue, and returned home to make some sweet beards.

 We may have gone a little crazy with the picture taking, but it was all in good fun. I'm pretty sure the beards turned out to be good luck too! We wore them during the world series and the Red Sox won! We might just don them again tonight if we hand out candy. 

What are you dressing up as this All Hallow's Eve?

Spooky Treats

We had our neighbors, Parker and Carolyn Moffat, over to decorate Halloween cookies on sunday! 

And wouldn't you know what a small world it is. Parker is cousin to our dear friend McKay Pollei! We are missing the Polleis and their cute baby Bryce. Too bad they don't live closer. We could all hang out together!

Hee Haw Farm with Brooke & McKay, Pleasant Grove Utah, October 2012

The cookies turned out cute and delicious! Glad we could get to know the Moffats a little better. 

It's nice to know your neighbors : )

Wilson Farm

I found out about Wilson Farm a year before we even planned on moving to Boston for Jeff's internship. I was browsing through a friend's blog and saw that they visited this really cute farm in Lexington, and I told Jeff we needed to see it some day. Three Octobers later we finally got to visit this cute place. I'm glad we waited to see it in the fall.

Fresh produce from the farm!

The pumpkin I'm touching weighed 86lbs! And it wasn't even the biggest there.

Kiddie maze.

There was a petting zoo at the farm and this llama was wandering around the barn unattended. Check out his teeth.

The best thing about visiting Wilson Farm this time of year is the fall food and the spooky hay ride they set up with all the halloween decorations. I love Halloween, even though I think it's a really bizarre holiday, so naturally I loved everything about our visit there.

What's fall without caramel apples?

Tractor hay ride!

Were we the only ones on the hay ride without little kids? Yes.  Did we care? No.

Of course, with the Red Sox being in the world series this year, October takes on a more local theme here as well. All the better.

The Green Mountain State

A few weeks ago a couple from our church asked us if we would be interested in spending a weekend at their family cabin in Grafton, Vermont. They described how beautiful it is in October and all the fun things we could do there and I replied, "you had me at Vermont!". All those years of watching the movie White Christmas made me desperately want to visit the green mountain state, and it was just as charming as I always dreamed it to be.

The cabin in the woods that we stayed at!

The family cabin sits on 300 acres in the green mountain national forest. It was so pretty!

Such a cute rustic cabin!

Driveway leaving the cabin. Gorgeous!

The cabin was just up the road from the village, so we spent part of the day touring some of the local attractions.

They had the most delicious samples of cheese, jams, and salsa here.

Seriously, everything about the weekend was picturesque.

Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. It was everywhere we went!

While strolling around the village of Grafton we visited the Jud Hartmann Sculpture Gallery. He is a famous native american sculptor on the east coast and his works were amazing. 

This piece was my favorite. You can see that the two figures only touch at two small points and the whole statue is balanced on one foot. There is a much larger version of this statue in front of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

This piece is called "The Creator's Game"

There were so many cute, quaint buildings and homes in the area.

After spending some time in Grafton we drove about 45 minutes to the larger town of Manchester Vermont where we found a great little fall festival taking place.

Enjoying a fresh hot cider donut.

The Thompson's (the couple who invited us on this wonderful weekend getaway) had some friends who drove up to Vermont on saturday and spent the rest of the weekend with us. It's been fun meeting new people since we've moved and it was great getting to know Matt and Betsy Hemphill!

There was even a little corn maze!  Left to right: Matt, Betsy, Adam, Tory, Jeff

I love the fall colors!

We also stopped to see the Lincoln Family Home which is also in Manchester. No wonder they chose to vacation in Vermont; such a lovely place.

I'd like to go back and take the tour some time.

Adam & Tory Thompson and their new baby Logan

We stopped by the Vermont country store and sampled lots of yummy fall treats.

Before leaving this beautiful place we drove into Jamaica State park and hiked down Hamilton Falls.

Top part of the falls

bottom of the falls

We had a lovely time and are so glad we had the chance to go. Thanks for inviting us Thompsons!

Housewarming Gift

My mom got us this lovely new piece for our apartment:

I love it!

before:

after:

Also, we added some Halloween decorations.

While Jeff was gone for training in Orlando, I got my craft on and made a wreath!

My very first wreath.

Thanks for the cute new cabinet Mom! And Happy Halloween to all!