trip to the pumpkin patch

we made our trek to the pumpkin patch early this year . . . before bailey heads to china in a week! the weather was less than perfect, but daddy insisted we head there (a little background on our pumpkin patch trips . . . we can't remember a year where the experience hasn't warranted some complaints . . . it's been pouring down rain, raining and cold, 100 degrees and totally dusty, just plain old hot . . . basically we can say that every trip has sucked in some way . . . so i guess the consensus was, why not this year too?) so we headed there, minus our bff's, who were admittedly too whimpy to brave the elements! we took a few pics before heading out because i figured we'd be bundled up and not be able to see the kids' cute halloween tees! :)

to be honest, both ken and i had a meltdown about going before we left the house. neither one of us wanted to be hanging out in the rain - me - because 2 kids were under the weather and the baby isn't even 3 months old yet, and ken because there was a chance the pony rides wouldn't be going today because of the weather. so, we both left the house in GREAT moods!

when we got there, it was misty, but bearable! we actually got a close parking spot - because, hello! who goes to the pumpkin patch when it's 54 degrees out and raining! we took some pictures and headed for the ponies! ken was the first to ride and was all grins! she loved it! mck was next . . . climbing up like she knew what she was doing! and then it was kam's turn . . . she wanted to go all by herself this year . . .boy did she look tiny on that big horse! she was quiet the whole way until she got off the pony and said "thank you"! too cute!

we hung out by the goats for a bit and then we hit the hayride . . . that's when it started raining for real . . . the girls were troopers - really not minding the rain! i was not too happy. . . and was holding a trash bag over the baby because of course we hadn't brought our umbrella on the hayride with us! :) the hayride was cooler this year and the guy even stopped in the middle to let the girls climb a spooky old tree!

we picked out pumpkins in the rain . . . mck was very decisive - just a big orange pumpkin - and she wanted to make sure that hers was the biggest! ken assisted kam in picking out her pumpkin which had to be "a baby one!". bailey and i each picked out nice big orange pumpkins. the girls all helped pick a small one for bentley. and ken picked a huge fairytale pumpkin . . . she had decided on that kind a week ago! :)

so, the weather stunk, but we made it . . . another successful trip to the patch! :) is it possible that despite the horrible weather each year the trips actually get to be more fun? just don't tell bailey i said that!