Pumpkin Patch

We found a tiny spider crawling on a pumpkin.

"Look at this big, bumpy pumpkin!"

"No Jonafun, don't touch!"

We thought the pumpkin patch would provide us with lots of photo ops. We were wrong!

Always running!
Sometimes it's hard to know which one to chase...

Daddy with the boys

The waterfall was a huge hit!

Jonathan taking a little break to count/stack his pumpkins.

"I said NO MORE PICTURES!"

On Saturday, the weather cooperated and we headed to Prairie Pines Pumpkin Patch. The boys loved it and ran from one pile of pumpkins to another. Good photos were hard to catch, but we tried.

Prairie Pines Pumpkin Patch

This is us with four kids. Scary!

The last time we took a picture together (Christmas 2005) with Sydney and Andrew. Ahhh, how much younger and less sleep-deprived we look.

Here we are trying to get a picture of the four kids and us all looking at the camera at the same time. Not an easy feat!

So close, but it will have to do because there was some melting down...

Sydney, Jill and Brenna

Andrew trying to pick out which pumpkin to put in the stroller.

Brenna checking on Jonathan's pumpkin status.

Brenna and Sydney posing with the giant pumpkins. Such adorable girls!

Andrew was fascinated with these gourds that looked like geese.

Jonathan with a little baby pumpkin. I think he might have tried to eat it...

In the top left of this photo, there is a little sign that says, "Do NOT climb on the rocks." Umm, 3 year olds can't read and apparently neither can their moms. We didn't spend too much time near the waterfall. The water and the climbing was too much for them to resist.

At the beginning of the pumpkin patch trail, is this great old stone bridge. Andrew, Brenna and Sydney were checking out the huge lily pads.

Last Saturday when Jill and the girls were here visiting, we went to Prairie Pines Pumpkin Patch. The kids had a lot of fun running around and climbing on pumpkins. Andrew tried to fill our stroller with pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors. In the end, we let him pick 4 little 50 cent pumpkins and we tried to catch a few good photos. Not an easy task with everyone running in a different direction! Except for Jonathan, who was confined to the stroller.

Pumpkin Patch

Here we are - lost in the corn maze. And I mean lost. We never found the exit. We finally escaped out the entrance. One woman we met was marking the trail with ears of corn. We thought she was being funny until we couldn't find our way out!

Waiting and waiting for the hay rack ride to the pumpkin patch.

Dave and Ben with Ben's pumpkin. He found this pumpkin immediately when we got the pumpkin patch and declared it the perfect pumpkin!


Andrew and Keith searching for the perfect pumpkin.

Cate, Andrew, Keith and Grandpa in the pumpkin patch.

The hay rack ride from the farm to the pumpkin patch.

Dave and Cate

Audra and Ben on the ride back from the pumpkin patch.

Last Saturday, (am I really this far behind in posting?!) we visited Jane and Paul's Farm in Norfolk, MA. It was BEAUTIFUL! And that is an understatement. The colors of the trees surrounding the farm was amazing. Some of the photos that Keith took look fake, but I promise, no photoshopping has been done. This is strictly God's handiwork!

Pumpkin Patch time

Here's one attempt to get a picture with mommy and Andrew. Notice how tightly I'm hanging onto him...


Andrew would not sit on daddy's lap for this picture, but I thought this turned out pretty cute despite the lack of cooperation!




"Oh dat to heavy!"


The Running Man

Yesterday we found a local pumpkin patch and let Andrew run free. He loved running from pumpkin to pumpkin and tried to pick a couple of them up. But his favorite part of the pumpkin patch was the "wadrfall." We had a hard time getting him to pose for any pictures. Mostly we captured the back of his head or the blur of him running past us.

Keith captured this monarch butterfly on a flower. Isn't he talented?!