Pumpkin Patch

My mom knew of a pumpkin patch close by, so we took the kids on Saturday.  It was a lot of fun. They had a petting zoo, tons of pumpkins, a train, pig races, etc.  The kids loved it, and it was a fun family activity.

Corrie brought her friend Emily

Corrie and Aidyn

Aidyn loved the petting zoo

Grandma and Kasen

Aidyn loved the petting zoo until the sheep thought her hair was hay and kept eating it....she was not happy

watching the pig races

walking through the corn maze

Kasen was super happy...

Aidyn loved the train ride

Indiana

I had the chance to visit Lindsey in Indiana a few weeks ago.  We had so much fun.  I took Kasen, but left Aidyn behind with Grandma and Jeff.  It was really hard to be away from her for 6 days, but she absolutely loved it, so that made me feel better.  Although I have to admit when I got home and she wanted nothing to do with me and acted as though she had a much better life with me gone...it did not feel quite so good.  I took it personally and was a little sad, but now I realize kids always love a vacation away from parents.  Anyway...Lindsey and Caleb live in West Lafayette, and we enjoyed seeing the city, visiting Calebs school and work, going to the park, festival, church, couple's volleyball, and hanging out.

Kasen wasn't his normal happy self...Laney kept bullying him 

 

Laney loves to pose for the camera                         I have no clue what face this is...but kind of a smile

We took the kids on a little bike ride in the bugger on our way to the church for aerobics

Took a tour of Purdue...super pretty

Kasen enjoyed the stroller

bath time was a favorite for the kiddos

We took someone's advice to go to a harvest festival in a town a half hour away...we learned our lesson.  It was quite pathetic

This is the local daycare...where do I sign up?

Caleb and Alaina

We found the coolest park every!  I was super excited...maybe a little too much.  They had like 5 different play areas for different age groups, and so many cool things I have never seen at a park before...I was sad Aidyn was not there to enjoy it.

So we did a little enjoying ourselves...the parents of kids were not happy because apparently we set a bad example for their kids

We went to Caleb's grandparents house...they have about 40 acres and we walked through it.  It was so pretty, and reminded me a lot of when I wen to visit the sacred grove

I'm not sure what Caleb was thinking in this picture...we told him to be a woman...so apparently this is how he views women?

The kids ready to go to church

Alaina sporting her new dress

Wandering through the corn fields...that was really cool to see

Caleb made me climb the deer stand...he and his family go deer hunting every year...it was cool to see where they hang out for hours...all alone and they have to be completely quiet...sounds like so much fun

Me and Alaina