Apple Pickin' + Pumpkin Patchin'...

"Today was perfect", were the words that flowed from my mouth as we made our way down the mountain back to Orange County.

What started off as a bustling morning getting everyone ready for the day's adventure, turned into a lovely, slow-paced afternoon near the San Bernardino mountains. We met up with some friends at Riley's Apple Farm to go apple picking together and for most of us, it was our first time. We enjoyed each other's company chatting about the fall, the past, and the excitement of doing something fun and old time-y.

Like I said, it was perfect. There was a slight breeze in the air, the apples were delicious, the babies were so well behaved, and the laughter was abundant.

There was even some tree climbing action, and tons of photographing (thanks Erin!)

We ended up picking about 15 apples, chose a bright orange pumpkin for James, oh yes...I have to tell you all about thee best BBQ ever. EVER! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but I was so hungry it will probably be the best BBQ in my mind for all of eternity...

So if you're local to Southern California, I'd highly recommend checking out Oak Glen! We didn't explore too much but one thing's for sure, that beautiful day at Riley's Apple Farm is definitely going down in the Fierro history books.

Let's get started!

Mama + James picking apples

 

Some stud picking out his pumpkin

"What's this mama?"

James + Olivia being too adorable

a fine lookin' group

  

Craft Nite...

My dear friend Erin hosted all the ladies from our life-group to come over for dinner + a craft.

Craft: do-it-yourself floral hair clips

Materials: fabric (satin/silk); buttons, pearls or sequins; scissors; hot glue; alligator clips or bobby pins

1. Start cutting circles out of the fabric. It helps to start with a small circle, then work your way up to bigger circles. You should have about 5-8 circles, and your table will look something like this:

2. Next, burn the edges of the cut circles:

3. Then glue the petals together with a hot glue gun, and place a button, pearl or sequence in the middle like this: 

4. After the petals + center piece are glued together, glue a bobby pin or alligator clip to the back, and voila! You did it yourself! 

Work it, girl.

DIY photobooth fun...

So last Saturday our life group threw a "back-to-school" BBQ for the Richman neighborhood in Fullerton. It was a lot of fun! There were over 150 hotdogs, chips & water bottles given out to the community, as well as face painting & free photobooth pictures for the kiddos. 

I originally saw the idea on "You Are My Fave", & loved it! Here are the details on how to make your own photobooth for events like birthdays, weddings, BBQ's or any type of shin dig!

p.s- hip hip to my 200th blogpost!