Pumpkin Night

OK, so you go to the Apple Orchard and bring home all those apples.  What are you going to do with them all?  How about baking up some goodies and bringing them to the next meeting!  That's what we did; apple crisp, apple pie, cookie fresh from the oven, and fresh-roasted pumpkin seeds.  We opened with some icebreaking games, then dove into pumpkin-carving.  Seth and Ryan, 2 of Randy's skate buddies, tagged along.  We had a great turn-out, and even invited the Cadets to join us!  We have some pretty unique imaginations, as you can tell from some of our pumpkins.  It was a good night of relaxing fellowship.  I never knew pumpkin guts could be so messy!  Thanks, Ray and Paul, for the extra help!

Klackels Orchard

It was a dark and cloudy morning....then the sun broke through!  It wasn't exactly warm but a good time was had by all.  We rode the wagon out to the apple orchards and picked 'em fresh off the tree.  Jonagold, Fuji, Mutsu...what a variety.  When not out shivering in the cold we could be found inside picking out some squash or buying a bag of Honey Crisps.  Afterwards we met with Andrea and Elijah and had a great lunch at the Big Boys downtown.  Oh, and Klackel's is in Greenville, not Sparta.  My bad.  All in all it was a great time, as you can tell by the pics.  Next year we want to go as a group and spend some time in the corn maze!

GAMES AND A MOVIE

A large part of what we do is spend time together.  One planned event was a night of bowling, but when we got there the place was smoky and the leagues were still bowling.  Once we found out the cost ($150.00) we went to Plan B; Craig's Cruisers!  There we enjoyed a game of minature golf (Jim whupped 'em all) and some airhockey.  The best part was watching Luke on the go-karts!  That boy can go!  It's intersting to note that Drew still carries the scorecard in his pocket to remind Jenny that he beat her at golf.

Another night was a stay-in night.  Most of the group engaged in a Skip-Bo Tournament.  Paul and Jim didn't want to put the rest of them to shame so they opted to watch a movie isntead.  They were joined by Jenny and Andrea (and the little guy).  We watched The End of the Spear.  It was a pretty tough movie to watch, even a little violent, but it definitely made you think about the power of forgiveness.

Our next fellowship event is a trip to Klackel's Orchard in Sparta.  Hopefully it won't be snowing Saturday!