Getting outdoors

The weather this last weekend was amazing. Beautiful for just about any outdoor activity and we made the most of it at our home. Took a long hike, and then spent the afternoon enjoying our new basketball hoop. The hoop was set to the lower level for some of the kids to play, so it sure made some of us look like we were great at the game. Of course, when they raised it later in the day, it got a little more realistic – turns out I’m not as good a shot as I thought!

It was a good thing we spent so much time being active outside, because we’ve been eating our share of food lately. I know I’ve been cooking more big family-size meals than I did over the summer – and we’re enjoying every bit. And we’ll be saving our pumpkins to make fresh pumpkin pies. It’s a lot of work to clean out the insides and prepare the mash, but the fresh pumpkin taste in the homemade muffins and pies is unbeatable.