Monday, October 12, 2009

Pumpkin Patch...

Today when we picked the girls up from school we decided to go have a family day together. We took the kids up to Lakeside to the pumpkin patch. It was so fun.

While the older two girls where on the jumpers, I took Brooklyn over to the petting zoo. She was a little afraid of the bigger animals, but she loved the bunny rabbits. Check out how relaxed this bunny is. That's how they all were...but I guess they are probably pretty used to people touching them all the time.
The girls LOVED the maze. They kept going in it over and over.
One of the main reasons we drive all the way to Lakeside every year is because I my love the pony rides. This was Brooklyn's first year going on them and she thought it was hilarious. She just laughed and laughed the whole time. The other girls are pros at it.
When the pony ride ended they weren't quite done, so they found the next best thing.
Brooklyn is going thru a stage where she does not like to sit still long enough to have her picture taken...and when she is sitting still she is never looking at the camera. Luckily my other two girls are very patient and they stay in their pose until the second Brooklyn decides to look up so I can snap the picture. This was the only one I was able to get of all three of them though.
We made a deal with the girls when we got there that they could pick any pumpkin they wanted as long as they could pick it up and carry it. Nick decided that he wanted in on this deal as well. Every year Nick gets a giant pumpkin that usually takes about 3 people to lift, so this year I had to set some limits. He found one he was happy with and he could carry it all by himself.
This is what they ended up with...except for Brooklyn because by this point she had enough and wouldn't hold her pumpkin anymore. Fun day!

4 comments:

Sharon said...

how fun, that's way cooler than the ones here in town.

Naomi said...

We have those rules when picking pumpkins too. We get to go to George's grandparents garden to pick them out though.

Joneel said...

looks like you are making fun family memories. hey, are you going to the BYU in San Diego this Saturday? I'll be there.

BiggsFamily said...

That looks like its going to be a mess to clean out, ha ha, hope he did it before he left!! That looks like a lot of fun! And if you really get desperate, head out here, we would love to entertain while Nicks gone!!