pumpkin patch: 2013

{october 6th} we took b to eagle fork farms for our annual pumpkin patch visit.   

we have been going here since 2010.  it is right up the road from our house and is such a cute little pumpkin patch.  

it was a really windy day, but not too cold to enjoy ourselves.  a nice brisk day that finally was feeling like fall.  

we kept ourselves warm with cups of hot chocolate.  yum.  

b still loves john deere tractors.  he asked to get his picture taken by it.   

we took a hayride down to the fields for pick your own pumpkins.

b and daddy, looking for the perfect pumpkin  

this is the required photo for the visit... 

we've been taking these pics since our first trip when he was 6 days old!

 this is the first year he was finally big enough to ride the mini tractors.  he wasn't quite strong enough to pedal through the gravel without some help though.

and b rode a pony too.  he was so excited to get to ride on them this year. last year he was pretty uneasy!

 since the weather was so nice... we decided to swing over to valley farms pumpkin patch too.  they aren't as big as the other one, but they have a beautiful hayride and a small petting zoo.  so of course, we had to go there too.   

crossing over indian camp creek 

feeding the alpacas

{p.s. i am backdating these posts so in the future (like if i ever get caught up on my photo books) they will be in the right order... }

the pumpkin patch

we managed to squeeze a quick trip to the pumpkin patch right before halloween.  on october 20th, we took a quick trip up the road to eagle fork pumpkin patch. 

the first time we brought brody here, he was six days old.  compare previous years photos here!  

 he is getting so tall!

 there were pony rides.  b's horse was named 'fanny'.  

 we took a wagon ride down to the field for 'pick your own pumpkins'.  this was the first year that they offered this option.  it was neat to see all the different shapes, sizes and colors available.  

those pumpkin vines were tricky! b took a pretty good face plant into the vines.  

we hope you enjoyed our recap of our family trip to the pumpkin patch!

Happy Halloween!

my little monkey

if you asked brody, he would tell you he was monkey george (a.k.a. curious george).

we had a visit from grammy and grandma debbie, and we enjoyed a bonfire, chili and a little bit of trick or treating.  

grandma debbie dressed up like a penguin! 

our first stop.  he said trick or treat, and the figured the whole thing out after a house or two.  he was loving the attention.  

grandpa barry even stopped by for a quick visit right before bedtime.  he brought brody a stuffed monkey and a pair of cool monkey boots.  thanks grandpa barry!

hope you all enjoyed your halloween!