Pumpkin Patch 2010

We headed out last Sunday for our second annual trip to the pumpkin patch. We had set ourselves up for a disaster. Payton woke up at 4:45 that morning ready to play. After going to church and a trip to Wal-Mart, she slept a total of 30 minutes. She of course refused to sleep the entire way there. We knew we were pushing our luck, but decided we would make the best of it. She actually was pretty good considering the circumstances. Of course her mood could have been better, but we considered it a success.

We started out at the tractors, and quickly found a calf. Payton loved feeding her with the bottle.





Payton loved seeing all of the animals. She especially loved feeding the sheep.





Next we hopped on the hay ride to pick out a pumpkin. We only got one family picture of the day, and as you can see, it's not the best. Maybe next time...




We then headed to the inflatables. The picture of me is terrible, but I included it just to prove that I waddled my way the entire way through the obstacle course. It was rough, but I made it. Payton on the other hand, thought it was the best thing ever.

After a quick ride of the cow train, it was time to go. Jonathan snapped a few pictures of the kids playing with the pumpkins on our way out. As you can see, Payton was filthy by this point. Please excuse the dirt all over her. It wasn't worth the fight at that point.






Until next year...

What can you do...

but laugh? Payton makes me laugh all the time. This past week, I just so happened to snap two of those incidences with my camera. Sometimes she makes it very difficult to discipline because she knows just when to do something cute. The first picture was the other morning right after Jonathan had gotten her dressed. We were fixing her breakfast when I turned away for about 2 seconds. This is what I saw...

This was the other afternoon when we got home. If you can't see, she took her baby's potty and put it up on the rocking chair and proceeded to sit down on it and say "Payton potty."

She makes life so fun!

Sunday Afternoon Fun

There's nothing like reading books in the hammock with daddy and taking a spin around the back yard in the golf cart. Why do these types of days have to end so quickly?

Welcome Fall!

We are loving this weather! I would just assume stay outside all day long. Today, we took a wagon ride up to the walking trail and met Chase and Christopher there to run around and play. They had more fun walking Mollie and pulling the wagon than anything else. We just enjoyed the cool temperatures and sunshine.




Please excuse Payton's hair. She had a bad case of the nap hairdo going on. We are looking forward to more wonderful weather to come