Pumpkin Patch 2011

 

last weekend we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch! we had been trying to go for weeks and it finally happened to work out on one of the nicest days we've had this fall!

 

Though we've gone to a pumpkin patch every year since we started dating, this was our first time as a family...Edrie even woke up for the occasion.

 

Watching them together is so awesome!

She looks so much smaller when he holds her!

We went to Lakeview Farms and it was packed! They still had lots of pumpkins though.

We nurse anywhere and everywhere... a little side boob never hurt anyone, right?

Again with the eating... this kid is a bruiser!

pumpkin patch

I'm posting this out of chronological order in all the catch-up posting, because its seasonally appropriate. Last weekend we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch! Last year we went to the Pumpkin Festival which was awesome, but G was out of town for it this year so we had to settle for a local patch. It was nice, but I have to tell 'ya Missouri needs to get it some more patches...there were hardly any patches to even go to and then when we got there we only had baby pumpkins to choose from. We had fun anyway and the weather was really nice...almost too hot!

lots of cute animals and photo-ops. This annual tradition always gets me in the mood for all the fun holiday stuff to come - thanksgiving yumminess and all the decorating for Christmas! We won't be with family for any holidays this year so we are going to have to make it extra special with just the two of us.

Pumpkin Patch!

Grant and I have been meaning to make it to the pumpkin patch for the past few weeks and haven't made it. In the end we were happy we waited so long, because when we went yesterday morning the weather was AMAZING! We went to this place called Lone Pine Farms and it was awesome. They had a HUGE pumpkin patch, a corn maze, lots of animals, fresh fruit and veggies, and AMAZING kettle corn.







Grant tried to push me in the wheelbarrow...lasted about two minutes (hmmm maybe I should be going to the gym more?)



Grant searching for the perfect pumpkin...



I thought this one looked really cool...

pumpkin patch: a retrospective

lindsey, kendra, and i spent last sunday morning at the lone pine farms pumpkin patch. it is a beautiful place that would fill any child's pumpkin fantasy. it had been a rough weekend full of emotional ups and downs - i was just barely holding it together (and proceeded to lose it shortly thereafter). this resulted in me being no fun to be around, but i think we all still enjoyed taking in the beautiful october day in oregon. our last october in oregon. my favorite time of year. sad.

it has been beautiful here lately. so funny - i always hear everyone saying how surprising the weather has been this october, yada, yada.. don't they realize that the best time to be an oregonian is indian summer?? its like this EVERY year. i guess God just helps you forget so the next time it comes around you can fall in love with it all over again.

did i mention i am in LOVE with the photo at the top of this post. for some reason it just speaks to me. if i knew how to use photshop i could probably help it along, but i still love it.

here is proof that the last two octobers have been just as fabulous as the current.

2007 at lone pine - just the two of us...

2006 at northern lights colonial harvest days -

oh, to live near jon and jess again (CAN.NOT.WAIT)...

Pumpkin Patch (october 2012)

 

 we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch in early october. Edrie had a good time and the weather was amazing - I had no idea it was going to be so hot so I had totally overdressed Edrie and I! Love Sauvie's Island!

pumpkin festival!

warning: picture heavy post...



we were going to go to the pumpkin patch this weekend but THEN we heard about the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival! what is a pumpkin festival? basically lots of fun booths and autumn festiveness where you can buy/pick pumpkins...SWEET! have i mentioned how much i like this stuff??



i took this from our parking spot...which was the sweetest spot EVER. G read that Hartsburg has a population of 108 (yes. total.), but that the festival draws 32,000 people every year (its only 1 weekend long)!! he decided that meant we should find an alternate way in and out of town...exactly the kind of thing that made me marry this man. everyone else easily waited 2 hours to get out of town and to the freeway...we walked slightly (maybe a few blocks) farther to our car and drove away with no wait!

we made it back in time to catch most of the duck game. did you see the SWEET touchdowns in the first few minutes of the second half?? we were screaming and clapping in the sports bar...no other duck fans here so they all just stared...whatever! your loss missoura!



back to the festival...this was our first stop...kettle corn. YUM!













there were lots of crafts booths, too! i love that my husband enjoys this stuff as much as me...we were checkin' out all the crafts/holiday decorations and he kept saying, "i can't wait til we can get all this stuff for our house." i melted, just a little. we had so much fun walking around and the weather was, obviously, awesome!



clouds in the mirror on the way home.



our loot!! grant says we are celebrating pumpkin diversity in this household...ha!

can you guess how much this all cost??? $15! can you believe that? pumpkins are 2 for $10 at the grocery stores here...such an insane rip off.