Onward to the Orchard!

Last Saturday, the crew decided to do a double date and go to the orchard and get pumpkins to carve. The forecast said it was supposed to rain, but it was my friends weekend home so we decided to go anyways. We told the boys to dress warm (when in all actuality Dylan and I were the only ones who did..so glad)!
Saturday rolls around and it is quite chilly but no real rain storms, just sprinkles here and there which made my day (wore my galoshes regardless).
We got there and hit the haunted house first, we took a nice hayride to it (below is a picture of the building that they turned into a haunted house...kid friendly..its an orchard guys)!

What a great idea to turn such an old beautiful building into something new, its all about the DIY guys.

After the haunted house we started to make our way back to where the fun stuff was, Valerie and I stopped to pick some beautiful leaves. Mine are in books being flattened right now, I might make a DIY on what I will do with them...just need to get the supplies. The trees are so beautiful in the fall-time, this is my favorite season for that exact reason (fallowed by summer...clearly). All the leaves are beautiful and unique, but I love the ones that show the change from spring leaves to fall leaves...green to red. Its really awesome if you can catch some of the leaves in mid-change. Like the reds/orange/yellows are seeping into the green and taking over them. So beautiful.

Some trees changing colors.
The nice hayride driver picked us up on the way and dropped us off at the cornmaze...it wasn't much of a corn maze when you can see over the top of the corn but it was fun nonetheless.

From there we went and looked at the pumpkins, man oh man...pumpkins galore! We decided to stop at a little fruit stand down the road because the pumpkins were ridiculously priced at the orchard.

We then stopped for a little break which consisted of Caramel Apples, Apple Cider, and fresh cinnamon sugar donuts! All of which were made at the orchard and were in fact delectable!! (didn't get a picture of this...don't think the food was around long enough to snap a picture), but here are some flowers they had for sale. Very pretty.

From there we walked to the kiddo area where we pet some animals at the petting zoo, friendly mister pig with a very hairy nose!

We went on the ferris wheel they had there, it was a lot better than the normal ferris wheels that they have at the fairs. This one went a lot faster....minor adrenaline rush. I told Brian and Valerie to turn around and this is the picture I got. ha!

The boys looking at a kiddy maze thing.

Valerie by the ferris wheel after everything.

Just down the road there is a little Cider Mill where you can watch them make the Cider (it was pretty interesting to watch), they have samples of flavored ciders you can try, more donuts, knick knacks, and other baked goods. Brian got some spiced cider. But the best part of the cider mill.........DRUM ROLL PALEASE.....

DINOSAUR FARMS

Valerie and I both love dinosaurs, so of course we had to snap a few twin pics!

The pumpkin carving will be in the next post! Stay tuned!

-d

I just want to snuggle under the warm covers.

Some of my most recent edited pictures

I would post these on facebook, but I deleted that thing. So tumblr and my blog are my new picture posting forums. Some pictures are shot with a Canon Powershot G12 and the rest are shot with a Canon Powershot RX130 IS. For more of my pictures, the ones I am most proud of you should check out MY BLOG :) I hope you enjoy

 Texture

 Photoshoot with my bestie Faith 

(whom was a featured guest in a recent outfit of the day post)

Nature Hike

my outfit of the day post

The clock stuck one, the mouse ran down

-til next time!

Outfit of the day: 9/10/12

 Black Pants: Kohls
Gray Tank: TJ Maxx
Blouse: Forever 21
Necklace: Claire's
Elephant Earrings: Forever 21
Ring: Forever 21
Flats: Target

Outfit of the day: Featuring Faith

Faith and I have been best friends for more than five years. Today we had a photoshoot at a park. This is the outcome, damn bitch dresses so cute.

Jeans: Target

Tank Top: Meijer

Collared Blouse: TJ Maxx

Sandals: Target

Necklace & Earrings: Forever 21

You're so beautiful my dear Faith<3

-Dulcie

Flourless Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Woah there, Nelly. Flourless and egg free? How does this work?

Without further a-do!

Found this recipe a few weeks ago, and I was like wow these sound amazing. So I decided to give them a try. Two Quick tips if you decide to make these! Don't use an overly ripe banana (make sure it isn't really brown the banana taste overwhelms the rest of the ingredients) and don't mash the banana's til they're liquidy or else they will be runny.

 What you will need:

1 cup peanut butter 
3/4 cup white sugar 
1 small-medium very ripe banana, mashed 
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips

A bowl

A Spoon or Fork

Step One: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix everything except the chocolate chips in a bowl until well combined. Then Stir in chocolate chips.

Step Two: Using moistened hands, form generous 1 tablespoon (use more if you want bigger cookies) dough for each cookie into ball. Arrange on 2 ungreased baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.

I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture of this, but the directions are pretty self-explanatory.

Step Three: Bake cookies until puffed, golden on bottom and still soft to touch in center, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to racks; cool completely.

Serves: Makes about average sized 24 cookies (12 large cookies) 

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Number of Servings: 24

Mine got stuck to the pan because they were too gooey, if you see above I stated a couple of tips for if you don't want this to happen. All-in-all they still tasted great (although they did not look so great)! I also have another gluten free cookie recipe that I (and anyone who try's them) just loves!! I can make a tutorial if anyone is interested. 

-Tata for now!

Outfit of the Day: Featuring Clare

A couple weeks ago my friend CLARE and I went out for a walk on some trails near where we live. We were snapping some pictures of nature and decided to get some outfit of the day pictures.

Blouse: Thrifted

Dress: Gifted

Scarf: Thrifted

Necklace: Homemade Gift

Shoes: Meijer

It was lovely featuring you, dickle!

ttfn!

-Dulcie