Some of your may remember that Zach and I wrote down some
goals and “to do’s” for our fall back in September! We take time every once in
a while over coffee or dinner to write down and intentionally talk about what
we want the next season to look like. Whether that’s a literal season (like
fall) or a season of life.
It is SO important to write down your goals, especially as a
couple! It gives you direction and you both are on the same page about where
you want to go, and what you want to do. The goals that you set can cover a
whole variety of things!
For us, it looked like fun fall activities we wanted to do,
things we need to save for, places we want to go, and other priorities that are
important to us! We have actually made a pretty good dent in our list, and I am
excited to check off the remainder of our items.
Here are a few of the things that we have done so far:
Visited Elijay and
picked our own apples. This was a TON of fun. I haven’t been to an apple
orchard since I was kid. Zach surprised me with this one as our date day a few
weeks ago, and we drove up to the mountains to an apple orchard! We got to pick
a whole peck of apples (and taste test a few as well). We visited B. J. Reece’s
Apple Orchard, and it was a fun time!
Bake two apple pies
with the apples we pick. Keep one and give one away! This was also a lot of fun, because I love to
bake! We picked a total of 23 apples, which was a plentiful amount for two pies
(we didn’t use them all). But we baked up two delicious apple pies (you can
find my recipe for apple pie here, it’s super tasty for a special treat), and
shared one with Zach’s parents!
Have three different
couples over for dinner. Zach and I have a big heart for hosting people in
our home, and especially cooking for them! It’s our goal to have at least one
couple over a month in our home for dinner. We actually have already met our
goal of three couples, and each one has been such a joy to have in our home.
It’s a wonderfully special thing to gather around a table of good food together,
and share good conversation.
Watch “It’s the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” I hadn’t seen this movie in a while, so it was a
great one to watch on the first day of fall! The air was cooler, so we had the
windows open and made some pumpkin cookies to go along with the festivities.
Visit Burt’s Pumpkin
Farm in Dawsonville, Georgia. This wasn’t too far from where we went apple
picking, actually! And it was a blast as well. There were a ton of families
there, and it was adorable to see some kids riding in wheelbarrows with
pumpkins bigger than them. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many pumpkin
costumes in my life! But they had some great fun there, and I definitely
recommend the hay ride! It was my favorite part, the view is gorgeous. You can
even see Amicalola Falls from the hay ride!
We still have a few things to check off of our list by
Thanksgiving, but that’s just a short look at some fall fun that we have had as
a couple so far. We’ve even made a few of them our designated “date nights” or
date days, and it was so fun!
A few of the things we are still looking forward to crossing
off of our list: going on vacation, having a Thanksgiving dinner (before or
after Thanksgiving for the two of us), taking a few hikes, carving pumpkins,
making hot apple cider, visiting Helen, GA and Dahlonega, GA, and finishing up
the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University series (it is fabulous and I
definitely recommend it).
What are some of your fall bucket list items? What have you
done so far?
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