Carter's Mountain Orchard

The Fortney family went to an apple festival this weekend in Charlottesville. Lily got to pick her own apples right from the tree, choose her own pumpkin to take home, and eat some homemade apple donuts. And I guess I ate more than my fair share of donuts as well!

Here are some pictures from the day:

And here is a little video:

Apple Butter Time!

Jon and I took Lily to make apple butter at her Grandma's and Great-Grandma's church this weekend. Jon made the mixing look quite easy:

But I didn't have such an easy time with it! In fact, I think you can see the men in the background of this picture laughing at me:

But despite the hard labor, we all had a great time!

Lily and Anna

Lily's cousin, Anna, came for a visit recently. The two of them "played" together very nicely! Here is a little clip of the two of them together:

Lily's New Room!

Since we have to start making room for a new little baby, we decided to move Lily into the bigger bedroom (formally the guest room) and let the baby have the smaller room. Lily moved into her "big girl room" this week and really likes it! We just hope she is still happy when the new baby moves into her old room.

Our Williamsburg Vacation

Jon, Lily and I took a little trip to Williamsburg this month for vacation. We visited Busch Gardens, Water Country USA, and Colonial Williamsburg, all of which was a lot of fun. At Busch Gardens, Lily really enjoyed riding the train around the park and seeing the Clydesdale horses. She even rode on some of the rides with Jon!

At the water park, we all splashed around in the kiddie pools, which was nice considering the temperature got up in the nineties while we were there.

Colonial Williamsburg wasn't that big of a hit for Lily, considering she is a little young to enjoy the history aspect of it, but she (once again) loved seeing the horses.

Click HERE for more pictures from our trip (including one of Lily petting a snake!).

To see some highlights from our trip, click on the video below:

Lily Turns Two!

Lily celebrated her second birthday this past weekend with plenty of cake, balloons and presents! She was so excited for the big day and learned how to sing "Happy Birthday to Me." We had a small party at our house, with a cow theme. Grandma Laney even helped make Lily a special cow dress.

I attempted to make a cow cake, which (I think) tasted better than it looked!


All in all, it was a great day, and Lily loved having her family around to celebrate.

To see more pictures from the day, click HERE.

To see a video clip from the party, click below:

Albermarle County Fair

This past week the Fortney family went to the Albermarle County Fair, which has become a yearly tradition since we moved to Charlottesville.

This year Lily enjoyed seeing the animals and petting a baby chick. We even let her have a little bit of funnel cake!


To see a video clip, click below: