Pumpkin Patch

Everyday on the way home from school we pass one of the local pumpkin patches and everyday the kids beg me to stop. It has been so packed with people and there really isn't any good photo ops or activities for the kids. Just pumpkins sitting on pallets. Kinda boring.

I had talked to a few moms that recommended we go to our local Farm Patch. We have been before and it was just a big room full of pumpkins, but this year they had a great area for the kids. Since Jason has been out of town a lot lately, we decided to take the kids out of school early Monday so we could go to the Pumpkin Patch. And we would miss the crowds of people. :) We shouldn't have told them what we were planning to do because they asked to go non-stop the entire weekend, every 5 minutes. Lesson learned! Loud and clear!

When we got to the Pumpkin Patch we were impressed with all the fun things they had for the kids. There was a little maze made from hay, multiple photo ops, and  a small petting zoo. Addy and Oscar loved it! We spent a couple of hours playing, taking pictures and picking out our pumpkins for carving. Addyson was a posing fool! She cracks us up! Oscar, well he has other things that are more important.

This is the best family picture we could get. :/

After our fun at the Pumpkin Patch we went to DQ for an ice cream cool down. It was much needed. It may be October, but that doesn't mean no more sweating like a pig here in Texas. :/ Maybe our weather will figure out that it is fall and we deserve cooler temps after enduring all the crazy heat from the summer. :)

It was a great day and I am so glad the kids were able to spend some time with their dad. He will be home for the week and then leaves out Sunday for Portland for another week. :(

Fall into Fall Swap Reveal

Who doesn't love Fall? Its one of my favorite times of the year.Texas usually doesn't show signs of Fall until mid to late October and sometimes even early November, but this year we have been blessed with some amazing weather. All week there has been a perfect cool breeze. It might be safe to say there will be no more 100 degree temps. 

Anyway, one of my favorite things about blogging is all the fun activities different blogs host. Last Christmas I participated in an ornament exchange that was a lot of fun. So when I read on Neely's blog that she was one of the hosts for the "Fall into Fall Swap" I had to participate! We are all so busy and have technology at our fingertips 24/7 so it is always nice when you get to see the mail man! I mean who doesn't love getting "snail mail"? 

I got to partner up with Carissa over at T is for Townsend. We exchanged emails with a detailed Q&A session and browsed each other's blogs getting to know one another. Carissa did an excellent job on picking out my goodies. 

She wrapped everything individually, which made it so much fun opening up! 

The contents of my package! I love those cute towels! They added the added a little something that was missing from my kitchen. There was also a bad of candy corn pumpkins and I am guilty of opening them right away and consuming half the bag. (Don't judge!) 

Thank you Carissa for my Fall Into Fall Swap goodies!