Pumpkin Patch Fun...

Today we took the girls to the pumpkin patch, an adventure we tried to do last weekend and failed but thankfully succeeded in doing today. It was a cold day in Boise, the high was in the low 50's, the winds were blowing but if you planned it right you could find a break in the rain and enjoy the sunshine.

Being out in the country at a farm with the wind blowing can chill you to your bones, but we found relief in the amazing corn maze. Half way through the maze I distracted the kids while Mike hid in the corn and when we walked by he jumped out and scared them. It was hilarious! After that we had both girls take turns jumping out at each other, so hopefully they won't have some weird fear of corn fields.

After the maze, the girls enjoyed a train ride pulled by a big tractor (that Mike thought he should have) and then it was time for our pumpkin hunt. Mike learned early on in our marriage that I love to hunt for the perfect pumpkin and that if given the opportunity I will spend hours searching for the best one.

So here I am in the field with my girls running from pumpkin to pumpkin... if you can just imagine it, the girls are yelling "mommy come look at this one!" and I'm yelling "Mike look at this one, I think I want it - can you come get get?" Then I would see a better one and girls would also see a better one and we keep yelling for each other to come see the pumpkins we found all over again.

But then we found it - a huge ugly pumpkin - I had to have it! Mike thinks it weighs about 50 pounds (good thing we got to get four pumpkins for free with our admission or this would be expensive). So now Mike is pulling the wagon with a 50 pound pumpkin in it through the mud- needless to say his patience was wearing thin. The girls and I then picked out 3 other large pumpkins - more in the 30 pound range- and then we picked out a few little "baby" pumpkins. Each one a little off. One actually looks like an orange beet. You see my idea of a perfect pumpkin varies. I like to find the ugly, odd and funny shaped pumpkins as well as the nice round plump pumpkins - those are the good ones for carving. The others I just use for decorating. We also picked 10 gourds for more decorating reasons. Good grief how many do I actually need?

Anyway, it was "the best day ever" as Caitlin and Mikayla would say. Caitlin had her last soccer game and received another trophy, Mikayla had her dance class and learned some cute new moves, we went to the pumpkin patch and got the best pumpkins in Boise, then we watched BSU beat LA Tech! The best part was that I was with my family enjoying life.