One of my favorite things about fall is our family trip to the pumpkin patch. It’s so fun to see the kids pick out their perfect pumpkin. It’s a hoot to watch them try to carry it to the car even when it’s bigger than they are. I love getting new pictures of them traipsing through the pumpkins and vines and I love the hayride. Yeah, well, not this year.
We went to the “Pumpkin Patch” on Friday expecting to do the hayride and pumpkin patch last so we didn’t have to carry around our pumpkins while we did all the “agritourism” activities like the air jumper and the corn maze and the giant lizard (I’ll explain). But once we were ready to go to the pumpkin patch and pick out our pumpkins, they informed us that the hayrides were closed and we would not get to go the pumpkin patch! The farm was supposed to be open from 10-3, and it was only 2:00, so we were a little frustrated. Ok, I was really frustrated and had to seriously bite my tongue so that I wouldn’t be a bad example for my children. Would have been really nice for someone to tell us the pumpkin patch closed early. Grr. I will get over it, maybe by next year.
We did have fun though, and I was able to get some good pics. We had company this year! Aunt Janie, Uncle Calvin, Penny, Lincoln and Dustin came along.
Jessica, who is working at the pumpkin patch this year, gave us our little introduction to farm life and its importance.
Feeding the goats.
Lincoln’s oh so awesome hat.
This trampoline was really cool. I’ve never seen anything like it. 
After the fancy tramp the boys tried to rope a steer. Not being a cowpoke from Idaho, Levi needed a translation as to what that meant. “We’re going to lasso a cow!” Ah! Then the light bulb clicked on. Luckily, Uncle Calvin who IS a cowpoke from Idaho at heart, knew how to show em…. sort of.
The corn maze. 
This was what the corn maze looks like from the sky. It’s Obama and Romney! Reagan, who has taken a major interest in this election and can’t get enough of it, (seriously, he begs me to talk to him about it) pointed out all on his own that Romney was on the right and Obama on the left. I’ll just leave it at that. 
We only did a small section of the maze, so nobody got lost.
Next was the Cow Train, which Katelyn (also working at the patch this year) got to drive!
Next we did the Lizard. This monstrosity has been sitting next to the freeway for weeks and whenever we pass by it the kids scream, “The lizard!!!!!” We had no idea what it was until Jessica informed us that it is haunted at night. And from our very dark experience inside, I can see how it would be REALLY scary at night with ghouls and goblins in it. 
After walking through the almost pitch dark inside the lizard, we took the kids over to the playground area. The highlight was this awesome corn….box? 
Ok, here finally are the cute pumpkin pictures you’ve all been waiting for. Though we didn’t get to go on a hayride or pick our pumpkins from the patch, they did let us pick some small ones to take home from the entrance. 
I know, I don’t like how grown up he looks either.
Diving for pumpkins.
Short n Sweet 
I flirted and kissed a boy in the corn box once. It was the highlight for me too.
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Wow! Apparently picking out pumpkins has turned into a day at a theme park!Libby looks like she is on a mission when she carries that pumpkin.
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