Peaches

The peaches are on!

Now if we can just beat this guy and his friends to the fruit…

 

The Corn Maze part 3

Ha! You thought I was done with the corn maze adventure -  didn’t you?

Not quite done.  You see, five years ago we went to the same corn maze, and did the same activities – with one child.

But surprisingly that one child had fun doing the same thing again five years later:

Playing in the corn,

Riding the go carts,

and measuring himself.

He’s grown a lot in five years, hasn’t he?

 

The Corn Maze part 2

The kids also got a kick out of being measured against the corn board;

And of course the corn maze itself was a great adventure.

Baby Jacob spent most of the time in his car seat.

Very contentedly.

 

At the Corn Maze Part 1

Waaaayyyy back before Halloween we took the kids to a corn maze.   The highlights were a great slide;

The peddle powered go carts,

The train;

to be continued

 

Fall Break

We drove to a BYU owned ranch on an oasis in the middle of a desert about an hours drive from St George.  We spent the day there with some friends of ours.  The kids got a handcart ride;

We picked pomegranates, apples, some pistachios, and had a hot-dog roast for lunch.

After lunch we played in the stream.  My kids could have played in the water for hours.  They chased little fish,  made mud channels to divert the water, and walked up stream to see what there was to see.

Little Jacob mostly hung out in his car seat.

On the way back to St. George we picked up dinner, and the kids played in the hotel pool in-between bites of their meal.  In the morning they swam again until time to check out, and then we headed home.

 

Autumn Colors

One of our family traditions is to take a drive through the mountains to admire the autumn colors.  This year we loaded everyone up in the truck for a drive and picnic.

I challenged the little people to see how many colors of leaves they could find.

They did pretty good!

There is something kids just love about riding in the back of a pick up truck.  I used to love it when my dad let me ride in the back, and my three thought is was a great adventure to ride in the back through the back country.  I must admit, the view was significantly better that when one is stuffed in the back seat of a truck!

What are your autumn traditions?

 

Flying Leaves

Daniel, incredulously, “Mommy, do leaves FLY?”

Me, “No, they fall off trees.”

Daniel, looking out the window, “But I just saw a leaf flying!”

note: we are enjoying a rather blustery day.

 

Pumpkin Carving part 1

Pumpkin guts are slimy and fun to squish.

Hannah doesn’t know quite what to think of her pumpkin.

 

The Pumpkin Patch

After finding our way through the maze, the three kids all picked out a pumpkin.

Ben’s

Daniel’s pick

And Hannah with her pumpkin

 

The Corn Maze

I’d never had the pleasure of getting lost in a corn maze until I moved down here to the lower 48 states.  That might be because corn doesn’t grow in Alaska. 

Anyway, my family loves fall and all the fun fall activities that are associated with it.   Saturday we went to a corn maze/pumpkin patch.

Entering the maze.

Spooky!

Do I really have that many wrinkles?   UUUGGG!

My cute little buddy!

Miss Hannah