Pumpkin Patch

Fall is the best season of the year! I love the smells, the feelings, the leaves, the desserts, the ciders, and of course the pumpkin patches and orchards! Justin is gone for the weekend on a scouting adventure so after hearing a General Conference talk on spending meaningful time with your family members. I decided that Zayden and I were going to an orchard in between General Conference sessions! I asked my neighbors if they wanted to go with us since they enjoy it also and they had some spare time! So we all drove over to Curtis Orchards so I could stock up on my fresh honeycrisp apples and spend some meaningful time with my son. 

It's about 50 degrees today and windy so Zayden wasn't really thrilled with being a bit chilly but he had fun! He thinks pumpkins are giant balls meant to be picked up and thrown. Well, he got a surprise when he couldn't pick up the pumpkin. This frustrated him because at home, we have a giant blow up beach ball that he throws around the house all the time. So size doesn't mean it's heavy. So the pumpkins were a surprise to him. But that doesn't mean he wasn't going to try every time to pick it up! 

Before we left, the weather at our house wasn't very windy and was a bit warmer. So that's why he's not wearing anything warmer! 

He is determined to be the heavy weight lifter for the babies!

So many pumpkins, so hard to choose which one to attack! 

 Brandi and Dave searching for the perfect pumpkin! So many different styles to look for. Short fat ones, tall skinny ones, warty ones, smooth ones, green ones, veiny ones...so hard to choose!

The vines tangled up Zayden's feet so he spent quite a bit of time on the ground on his bottom. So when Dave offered his hand to help him, Zayden was more than happy to take it! 

 After an hour of searching, we found a pumpkin that was Zayden's size. However, it was heavier than it looked and it made Zayden fall over when he picked it up. 

So Brandi was there to pick him up!  ( I was snapping pictures like crazy!)  

The first big smile of the afternoon! He loves to play with Dave! 

 The Pipers and Zayden!

We found a pumpkin that we could pose Zayden on but he thought it was a slide. We would sit him on it and he would slide off and laugh so hard. Then he would try and climb back on it and do it again. We couldn't get him to sit still long enough to take a good picture!

So the moral of all these blog posts is, when Justin leaves, I don't know what to do with myself and find a lot of time to blog! 3 posts in 24 hours! Amazing! But today was a success! Now to finish listening to General Conference and then make cheese potato soup with garlic bread.  Then tonight is Girl's Night with some friends! GREAT day!