pumpkin patch '08

yea! :) our annual "trek"to the pumpkin patch with our "bestest" friends was planned early this year, hoping to avoid very hot or very rainy weather! :) well, i think we did great on the weather . . . high 80's with a nice breeze! i think it was the best weather yet!

unfortunately, we had a rough start to the day . . . we were late, kenzie had a cold and a pretty busted lip (from the night before!), and kam was swollen from fire ant bites she had gotten the day before. and to make matters worse, we're there for 5 minutes, had taken a few cruddy pictures, and kam got stung by a bee! holy crow. luckily, she's not allergic, so we continued our picture taking and search for pumpkins with a MORE swollen and slightly drugged up baby. :( what a way to start the day!

the girls already had in their minds what pumpkins they wanted . . . of course, not the traditional orange ones, but specialty ones! :) mck got a cinderella pumpkin and ken's is blueish in color . . . pretty cool! :) ken and mck helped kam pick her pumpkin (a squatty peanut shaped thing!) and then helped bailey and i pick ours! :)

we took the kids through the kid's maze and then headed over for horse rides! :) a great ending to the afternoon! :) all three girls were excited, but mck was thrilled that she could ride by herself this year! even kam got to ride . . . with me, of course. she was soooooo excited to get close to the horse, but then not so sure about riding it. i think she started to like it when we were getting off.

now, bailey is gearing up for some grand carving this year . . . the girls want their princess pumpkins carved with princess images! :) i told him he should probably start a week early . . . this could be complicated! :)