Fall activities! And Guinness is 8 months old! And maybe a tornado?

I'm slowly but surely checking things off of my Fall Bucket List!  This past weekend we went to an apple orchard, and we picked our own apples (and that part wasn't even on my list, but it was super fun!).  The apple orchard (Linvilla Orchards) had a cool farmer's market building, and inside they had some local honey (I loooove honey), and above the shelves of honey they had some live bees in a case!  Pretty nutso.

After we got home, I decided to make a pie!  We'd made sure to pick enough apples so that I could make some sort of apple goodness so I could check it off my Fall Bucket List!  I've never made an apple pie before (I think I've helped my mom when I was little though...), and the thought of making one was kind of intimidating.  BUT, I found an awesome recipe and the crust sounded really easy (Yes, I even made the crust!), so I went for it.  And I don't want to toot my own horn... but MY GOODNESS it turned out well!!  I was so nervous when it was in the oven.  And even after I took it out of the oven and it looked great, I was still nervous that the crust would be gross or raw or something.  I'm happy to report that the whole thing turned out great!  It was delicious, and we'll be eating apple pie for days.  Oh, and it was the first homemade pie that McGee has ever had!  I told him he really should come to my family's Thanksgiving celebrations, because my mom makes like 3 or 4 every year.  Here's a picture of the pie (it has a crumble topping):

And our dear Guinness is just over 8 months old now!!  We have no idea how much he weighs (we're guessing around 55 pounds?), but we'll find out for sure what he weighs in December when he has to get a booster shot for one of his immunizations.  Isn't he becoming such a handsome boy?  And his ears are huuuuuuge (he looks so much like a German Shepherd!).  His one ear still flops over a bit though (as you can see in the first picture), unless he's on high-alert (like in the second picture, because he gets suspicious about cameras).  He's quite a happy little guy, and has a great personality - he loves everyone and every dog.  

 So, today we had a Tornado Warning issued, and when Guinness started whining to go outside to go to the bathroom, I looked out the window to check on the weather and here's what I saw:

Is it just me, or does that look slightly cyclone-ish?  Yikes!  It was definitely some nutty weather today. Starting tomorrow it's supposed to get back to Fall weather which I'm quite happy about, because it's been so warm here lately!  It's been in the mid-to-high 80's and humid - not ok for October!  

So here's my updated Fall Bucket List!  We're going to the Yuengling Oktoberfest this coming weekend, and I bought an acorn squash and some gourds at Linvilla Orchards, so I'm on my way to crossing those off!  I should probably decorate soon... Maybe this weekend!