Fall Pumpkin Farm

Every Fall that we have lived in Raleigh we have gone to the pumpkin Farm.  I realized that Connor has never been with us!  So sad!  So we cleared some time on Saturday and we forged the crowd.

Hay ride to the pumpkin patch...

Blinded all of my kids by making them look into the setting sun...

The scary spider made from a large hay bale...

 Our favorite is always the corn pit.  No one (especially Kamryn) ever wants to leave it and we always find tokens of our fun when we get home and undress..

The Giant slide never gets old either...

There were two different kinds of mazes...

Ashlyn was dying to get her face painted and begged me not to wash it off in the bath that night...

We ordered dinner on the Sheetz computer screens and let the kids pick out their own drink, they thought they had died and gone to heaven, I felt like I had died and gone to the circus...

Dylan said it was the best Saturday ever!!!  Score!

Winterpast Farm

We discovered a small local farm.  We can't seem to get enough.  You can hand feed all the animals and many of them just roam free around the farm yard.

Of course the rabbits, especially the bunnies stole the show...

Ashlyn already has one picked out to "rent."  She working on earning it.  

Kamryn loves them when they sit still...

Corbin is my baby lover, so you can only imagine how smitten he is...

Dylan has bunny magic, his bunny always sat so still...

Lucky, the llama, was so fun to feed...

Even the emus were fun to feed...

My favorite was the little mini male goat, Kamryn didn't think he was as cute as I did...

But she did love throwing the pieces of bread to the chickens because it meant she could keep her distance.  She did love the piglets, but of course they were a little shy.

Everyone enjoyed the box turtles...

And there were swings, slides and toys to play with.  A relaxing and eventful outing!

Fall Break Beach trip

Another reason I love the Southeast...

Great beach days still linger into the fall.  We took a day trip to the beach last week with our friends, the Drakes.  The moment Kamryn touched the sand she did this...

 I couldn't get her to stop.  

Ashlyn learned to boogie board for the first time...

Ashlyn and Kyra had fun in the sand...

 and of course a lot of boogie boarding since new things are fun...

Corbin and Troy played in the water so long I thought they would become fish.  They did get a little too courageous playing in the waves for my comfort...

Dylan and Lydia  were amazing boogie boarding and body surfing buddies...

Kamryn and Bailey enjoyed the little pools we made them...

 It was one of the most wonderful days.  Everyone was happy, which means the moms are happy!   You'r welcome to come visit, I know you want some of this!