Pumpkin Pickin

What a great time of year! We wanted to go last week to check out this pumpkin patch in Redmond which is about 20 minutes out from Bend. We have heard such fun things, but it was rainy, so we decided to put it off a week. I am so glad we did. It was a beautiful, no jacket necessary kind of a day. As we approached the pumpkin patch, I fell in love with this time of year all over again. I really do love it. I love the bright colors, I love the crispness of the air, and the smell of the fall breeze. As I kid, I may have originally loved it because it was the month that held my birthday, now I think we have established that, that is not the reason any longer. 

There were pumpkins as far as the eye could see. Josh didn't know where to start, but then he began walking over and giving them a nice slap-to check for quality- of course. Kaj's primary concern was the damaged pumpkins. "What happened to pumpkin, mom?" I heard this many times walking though the field of pumpkins. We finally decided on 3 pumpkins. One big, for the family, and 2 little guys. 

Aside from just the pumpkin patch they had a little train ride, a pumpkin canon, a farm to go see the animals, barrels of hay to climb on, a play area with a slide, a corn maze, and little "A Bug's Life" corn maze. We were excited to see that they have a similar event during Christmas time. They have a polar express ride, hot chocolate, and picking out your Christmas tree.

We waited in a pretty hefty line for the train. And, after it was done I definitely had the "I'm the dumbo" feeling that Jim Gaffigan described taking his kids to DisneyLand. But, the kids enjoyed it and that is what mattered. We all left very happy, and had such a great time together. 

what happened to pumpkin?

Josh's cheesy smile! I am in love with it!!