Pumpkin Patch Pics

Although we FROZE the entire time, we finally made it to the Arboretum pumpkin patch this morning, with some church friends. I think the wind was straight from the north at 30 mph or more! NOT the best morning for sweet pictures of all of our kids. And, as you can see, the girls have pink noses in each one. (Those same noses have been running all day since then, too.) We had planned a group picnic at the park after pictures, but we used the picnic blankets as stroller covers, and then quickly left and ate lunch INSIDE instead.

But, it was a great morning, and the mums and pumpkins were gorgeous. The girls were in awe of all the colors...and of the size of some of those "punkins" (in Carlie's words). When we got home, Carlie ran into Daddy's office and said "Daddy, we saw flars (flowers) and punkins! Big ones!!" (all of this was yelled with HUGE Carlie eyes...I love that.)

And, now for the pumpkin poses...
The next picture shows two forced smiles, only achieved by bribing with candy. What is up with Kendyll's awful fake smile lately??

And, the cute sister pose on the pumpkins didn't work out so well either....Carlie was not happy about slipping off the "yucky punkins".

We have lots of fall festivities coming up over the next few days. A Halloween party at "The Ranch" tomorrow, our fall church carnival on Sunday, Halloween school parties on Monday, and Halloween trick-or-treating with our good friends, Matt, Sara, Hollyn, and Noah on Tuesday. Whew! The festive fall fun might wear us out! But, it's so much fun!!