Fall in Michigan

Many folks in Michigan will tell you Fall is their favorite time of year. I can't completely agree. After all, fall often feels like a repeat of Spring. Rainy. Grey. Cold.

Then there are unseasonably warm Fall days that make the season enjoyable. We had such weather this past weekend. Cool mornings and evenings, warm afternoons in the 60s-70s. To enjoy it to its fullest, we engaged in the most Michigan-like Autumn activity we could think of: visiting a u-pick pumpkin patch and having donuts and cider.

Brendan and Ryan hang out with the mums, gourds, and pumpkins at Three Cedars Farm.

Three Cedars Farm is about 10 minutes from our house and makes for a picture-perfect visit. During our Sunday visit, the boys enjoyed meeting a family of goats, going for a hayride, and finding a pumpkin. Brendan was much more excited about navigating the patch than finding the pumpkin. I think next year he'll be ready to try the corn maze. After finding our prize pumpkin, we enjoyed homemade donuts and cider.

Brendan loads up a truckload of pumpkins to take home. OK, maybe that's a few too many!