Pumpkin Fun!

Last weekend we went to a pumpkin walk. The pumpkin walk is all sorts of scenes made out of pumpkins. Kind of hard to describe, but it was so cute and fun that we plan on going again next year. The best part of all was the school bus shuttle. Ella and Christian were thrilled since I have been telling them they can't ride a school bus until they turn five and go to school. They loved every second of it. Mommy and daddy's legs would not fit in the seat. Man those buses are uncomfortable.

I forgot my jacket and got to wear this awesome NFL blanket to keep warm.
The picture doesn't do it justice, but this scene was Noah's ark. All of the animals were made out of pumpkins of some sort of squash. It was so cute and clever! Look at the two elephants butts getting on the ark!
We let the kids paint pumpkins since they can't safely hold a knife. Safety first since pumpkin carving with a butter knife put me in the hospital for a week when I was five.
They both did such a good job and had so much fun! I forgot to take some of the finished project, though. Maybe later.

It's Autumn!

Autumn is such a fun time of year!
We found a fun pumpkin patch this year with some great pumpkins! If only we could get out kids to look at the camera and smile.

Here we are taking a tractor ride out to the patch. Christian was in heaven because he loves tractors. He even wants to be one on Halloween. We'll see how that goes.Christian with his Grandpa Kevin.
Ella trying to find the perfect one.Here are some pictures of us at a Corn Maze. Ella was in a mood and refused to stand by Christian and daddy, so we had to do separate pictures. It was freezing that night, but Ella and Christian refused to wear their coats. Geez, they are stubborn! We were very impressed with our one and only corn maze in our little town. It was very big and we really did have a hard time getting out, especially because it was getting very dark, very fast. Or maybe it was because Ella was picking which way to go most of the time. Has anyone ever wondered why we pay money to get lost? I don't think Ella and Christian really understood it, but they seemed to enjoy it.

Peach Days!

The Famous Peach Days happened over a month ago, but I just barely put the pictures on the computer. I had no idea how good they had turned out. J/K. We had a fun evening watching a parade, eating dinner, going on some rides, and eating delicious peach cobbler. (The peaches here have been delicious!) The pictures tell a thousand words how much fun we had.

This was Ella and Christian's first time on a ride like this. Don't they look like they are having fun?
The idiots working the ride decided to wait until every last seat was filled before they started it. This gave Ella a bit too much time to think about what she was doing. She started crying right when the ride started. The tears didn't last long, but she was in no mood for smiles. The pleasant life of three year olds.
Christian was so excited about his awesome lightning bolt that he was in tears.
Ella was also very thrilled about her flower. They were not at all happy when they realized what was put on their faces.
Austin ran in the Peach Days 10k race the next day. He hadn't trained at all, but still managed to get 4th in his age group. Now why can't I be like that? We were very proud of him and his awesome medal!
In the end I think we all had fun at Peach Days. It is the most excitement that our town sees all year!