Just a Few Cute Ones...

Yesterday I spent hours upon hours peeling, slicing & chopping apples to make more jars of Apple Butter and Apple Sauce. Since the Apple smell was taking over the house Owen requested a Triangle Peanut & Apple Butter Sandwich with Apple Sauce and Peas. He is so specific it cracks me up. Here he is with his delicious apple dinner!

And here is my precious little angle just hanging out on her blanket.
And the two together. If I take a picture of Autumn, Owen has to get his picture taken too!

Anniversary

Fours Years ago I married the man of my dreams! I would first off like to start with a prayer for the two of us.

Dear Lord,
Thank you for this beautiful day. You have fulfilled the desire of our hearts to be together in this life. We pray that your blessing will always rest upon our home; that joy, peace and contentment would dwell within us as we live together in unity, and that all who enter our home may experience the strength of your love.

Father, help us to follow and serve you with an ever growing commitment because of our union. Guide us into greater love and sacrifice as we care for each other's needs, knowing you will care for us. May we always be aware of your presence today on our Anniversary and in the years to come. And may our devotion in marriage be a radiant reflection of your love for us.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen.

On Thursday Brandon and I celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary. Wow, where does the time go? Four years and two kids later, its hard to believe. Thanks to my wonderful parents who were willing to watch our kids, we were able to enjoy a couple hours to ourselves to reflect on the past four years and celebrate our love for one another. We started off with a nice relaxing pedicure and then we went to this amazing restaurant in Old Town called Antiquity for dinner. It was so delicious and the atmosphere was amazing and romantic. Enjoy a few pictures from our evening.

My parents were trying to get a picture of the two of us before we left from dropping the kids off, but Owen insisted on being in the picture too! So here are the THREE of us. Lol.
After our pedicure on the way to dinner. I absolutely LOVE this man!
And here we are at our amazing dinner.
The dessert was so delicious! We couldn't menu was so overwhelming so we couldn't decide on just one, so Brandon got the Chocolate Mousse
and I got this amazing Chocolate Crepe.

"So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:6

Family Trip to the Zoo...

Yesterday the weather was absolutely perfect. Brandon and I knew we could not stay indoors and waste the day away, so we made a last minute decision to pack the kids up and head to the zoo. Owen was very excited to show his baby sister all the animals since this was her 1st ever trip to the zoo. It was a great time and we even bumped into our bestest friends, The Altman Family, while we were there. How ironic, I guess its true great minds think alike.

The morning was a great time to go since that is when they feed all the animals. Here are the beautiful Zebras eating their breakfast.
Owen and Mommy taking a rest on this bench.Here we are watching the seals dive in the water. Autumn had been asleep in the stroller up until this point, but when I took her out to see the seals she got very excited and started cooing at them. It was so precious, I think she may have a favorite animal!
This picture is kind of makes me nervous because I looks like these Mountain Lions are drooling over the thought of my Son for Breakfast! Watching the TigersOf course when we ran into the Altman Family we decided to walk around together to see the rest of the animals. Here is Owen, Brandon and Olivia looking at the Giraffes.

Backyard Picnic...

The weather has been very warm for the norm here, meaning high 80's to low 90's, but the mornings and evenings have been absolutely beautiful, high 60's to low 70's. Since Owen loves being outside we decided to take lunch outside a couple days ago. I set up our awesome new picnic blanket, thanks Aunt Anne & Uncle Art, and we all enjoyed laying out soaking up the sunshine.

Here is Owen taking a break from playing to eat his Dinosaur shaped Peanut Butter & Apple Butter sandwich. He is so funny. He tells me what shape to cut his sandwich in. His requests are either a dinosaur, a circle, a triangle, a square or a heart. He is so particular.

Owen playing with a pink Disney Princess Bouncy Ball that accidentally got thrown over from the neighbors yard. He calls all Disney Princess' Tinker Bell. I have no clue?

Miss Autumn also loves the outdoors. Here she is enjoying a little snooze. So Precious!

Apple Update...

I am sure when I made a post from the apple farm you all were probably wondering what I was going to do with 2 huge bags of Apples on top of the apples I got from my parents trees. Well, I have been making tons of Apple Butter & Apple Sauce and I even got a delicious recipe for an Apple Upside down Spice Cake....Yummy!

Owen loves helping me bake. Here is his face after he snuck a bite of the batter on his finger. I think he liked it?

Apple Farm & Putt Putt Golf...

Friday was a super busy day for the Burgess Family. The day started with a trip to the grocery store for some much needed groceries, followed by lunch and then the kids afternoon naps. Once they both got up around 2 O'clock we headed off to start a family tradition. There is an Apple Farm, Dixon's Apples, in Pena Blanca, NM which is North of Albuquerque between here and Santa Fe. They have been around since the 50's and are widely known for there delicious Champagne Apples. Brandon and I decided it would be fun to start a family tradition of driving up to the farm and picking out some apples and bringing them home. So after the kiddos took their nap we packed up and headed to the farm. Kaitlyn, Olivia, Her Mom and Mother-In-Law and Libby and a few of her girlfriends were also heading up there around the same time too. The drive itself wasn't bad, about 45 min, but once we got their, there were cars backed up about a mile waiting to get into the parking lot. Okay, maybe not the best idea to go on the second day it opened. Anyway after about 30 min of waiting to park we made it and it was defiantly worth the wait. The Apples were ridiculously delicious and Owen had a blast picking and eating them. He has talked about the apple farm every day since we went. Well that wasn't it for our day. After the farm we were off to a 30th Surprise Party for a sweet girl Danielle in our small group. The party was at a Putt Putt Golf Course so we were super excited to take Owen for his first ever Putt Putt experience. The idea was to make her feel like a kid again. Well, after the long drive back we made it to the party by the skin of our teeth. But also well worth it because Owen had so much fun. We left the party around 7:30pm and needless to say we were all exhausted! We were basically out and about for 6 hours and we were all relieved to see our comfy beds when we arrived home. Enjoy the pictures from our fun filled busy day.

Here is the line of cars behind us waiting to get into the parking lot!
and the line of people waiting for apples when we arrived.

me and the kids waiting in that long line!

Owen is always ready for a nice pose to get his picture taken. He cracks me up.

Owen and his friends Lexie and Cami walking around the Apple Farm.

Owen and Cami taking a stroll in the little red wagon.

Kaitlyn, Livie & Kaitlyn's Mommy Susan. You defiantly need a wagon to haul all the Apples back to your car.

Livie, Kait & Owen. Awe!

Daddy helping Owen pick some apples.

So basically you pay per bag and fill them yourself. Here is Brandon filling up one of our bags. It was really a blast picking out your very own Apples to stuff your bag. Can you imagine how many more jars of Applesauce and Apple Butter are in my future?

Owen and Olivia had a blast sampling the Apples while we were busy picking!

Playing in the wagon full of Apples.

And at the end of picking, we all sat down and enjoyed some delicious snacks. Apple Fritters, Apple Pancakes & of course Brandon's favorite Carmel Apples.
1st Family Photo at our new annual trip to the Dixon Apple Farm!

Autumn and Mommy.

Putt-Putt Golf:

Owen getting ready to play his first ever round of Putt Putt Golf. He was quite excited.
Setting up the ball.

Swinging the club
and running after the ball. I tell you what, this kid burned off a ton of energy here, especially after picking apples all afternoon.
I love this picture. Brandon knelt down to take a picture with Owen so Owen knelt down too! lol.
Autumn and Mommy! Thank goodness for the front pack. What would I do without it? Autumn was such a trooper getting dragged all around town, she was such a good little girl.
Owen did not really appreciate the last hole when you can't get the ball back. His face is priceless when he realized his ball is forever gone. Poor kid didn't see that one coming.
Inside for the party. Here is the Birthday girl Danielle.

and here is Owen's good friend Abby celebrating her bag of goodies she got at the party!

Fall Is In The Air!

For those of you who don't know, Fall is by far my favorite time of the year! Something about the trees changing colors and the dreadfully hot weather finally starting to cool down makes me so happy. Hints why I named my daughter Autumn. Anyway, my parents have 3 huge Apple trees in their backyard and they give me bags full of apples each year. So since the first day off fall is this week, I decided to celebrate by turning the Apples into something delicious. It has also been raining all day which made the day even better! My house smells amazing by the way...

I made Apple Butter last year but I did not have this amazingly cool apple peeler/corer/slicer. This thing is awesome and cuts the time spent making Applesauce & Apple Butter in half!

I got this great recipe for Apple Butter from my good friend Jess. It is all done in the crock pot which means it is super simple and since I have a 2 year old and a newborn simple is my best friend!
And here is the final product! Yummy!