Soccer Update

Caleb scored his very first goal this Saturday! His team also won, so it was a very exciting day!This has been a really good experience for him, and he's having so much fun (especially with daddy being the assistant coach for his team)!

Pumpkins!

I love fall. I love the cooler weather, the colors, and pumpkins. The past few years we got our pumpkins from a semi-local farm where we also pick berries throughout the year. This fall, I was feeling the need for cooler weather (there are years that we get our pumpkins in shorts!) for our pumpkin patch trip, so we headed north to the mountains. We arrived a bit before lunch to outrageous crowds and a line for the hayride that was easily an hour long. Hmmmm. Time to rethink our plans! We decided to take our picnic lunch to a nearby state park to eat and hang out for awhile. It was a beautiful day!It has been awhile since we've had time to just be together....it was so fun! We went back to the pumpkin farm later in the afternoon, only to be asked to leave because we had our dog! :( We're new dog owners.....who knew pets weren't allowed on a FARM?!? Oh well....Michael wasn't too excited about the hayride anyway, so he and JJ took a nap in the car while the kids and I did that. It was fairly cool, so he was able to roll down the windows and leave the dog asleep in the car while he came to help the kids pick out their pumpkins after the hayride. It was a very productive day.....3 big pumpkins, several little ones, AND a dog-etiquette lesson! What more could you ask for?!? :)