The Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday, we took our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch. The Grossen's came with us this year. The Barn seems to have changed things a bit with when they make hayride runs so it was more busy and I think we came at a pretty slow time.


Traditional Family picture 2009

(Love the big rig in the back! :)

Traditional Family Picture 2006

I love to see these time changed pictures. This was the first year we went. We didn't go in 2007 and I forgot my camera last year.

When the tractor pulled up to the patch and Max saw all the pumpkins he was soo excited, and started saying "pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin" over and over! He LOVES pumpkins. One of his books has a pumpkin in it and he learned to recognize it pretty quickly. He calls it a "bundin". As soon as I got the pumpkin candy buckets out he puts things in them and carries them around.

My strong man, unloading the kiddos. Two looks like a handful. I can't imagine 3! And, NO I am not implying anything!

Max was totally into venturing out to explore. He just took off. Although navigating the terrain gave him some trouble.


Zac looking for just the right one. (It was a beautiful day!)


Max wanted to stand and sit on the pumpkins most of all.




I grabbed a few pumpkins for me for my porch. I am not so into carving pumpkins. I am going to try something else this year. Inspired by my friend, Shelly. Now, if we can just fit pumpkin activities in with costume making ;)

Then we all went back to get some fantastic doughnuts and AMAZING apple juice...I am craving it right now! It was soooo good. I'm not a fan of biting into an apple (weird childhood dislike caused by crooked teeth, that has stuck with me). So the juice is like drinking delicious crisp apples. I wish we had bought another gallon!

Then we went to a friends and enjoyed a victorious BYU game (obviously, not yesterdays . . . :(