Old Town Pumpkin Patch

This afternoon we made a trip to Old Town Clovis to check out the new pumpkin patch. It was awesome! Part fair, part pumpkin patch, ALL fun! There were games, rides, food, and tons of really cool pumpkins to choose from. My brother, Monica, and Leah came with us which made for a really fun family day.

 

Jace LOVED the cut outs and actually was excited to get his picture taken (a rarity these days) so I was pretty excited about them too. lol!

Picture break while picking out our pumpkins. 

Both of the kids were really excited to ride the miniature ponies.

Jace and Gunka hauling the fruits of our pumpkin hunting...

 

I just love the Fall and all of the family fun that comes with it! Outings like this one remind me how lucky Jace and I are to have my brother and his family so close to enjoy. It means so much that our kids are growing up together and that they get to do all of the fun things that we did as kids with each other.

Thank You Grandma Linda!

Jace has 2 fashion addictions. He is pretty well known for ALWAYS having on a different pair of sunglasses. Mine, his, he does not care as long as he has his shades. The lesser known, but equally important to him, addiction is slippers. He loves them!! He insists on sleeping in them most nights no matter how hot it is. He even crams his feet into pairs that he has outgrown because he can't bear to part with them. So today when he opened a package that his Grandma Linda sent to him he couldn't contain his excitement. Inside was a new Cars T-Shirt that he loved AND SLIPPERS!!! He could not take his tennis shoes off fast enough! He wore them all night and begged and pleaded to wear them to bed with his new t-shirt. So we want to say a big THANK YOU to Grandma for the super cool slippers and T-Shirt! They were a big hit!

Fair Fun & F-16s

 This weekend was full of fun! Saturday night I got to watch my niece and nephew so that my brother and his girlfriend could go enjoy one last afternoon at the lake this summer. I was feeling a little adventurous so I decided that I would take them all to the Caruther's Fair. I was a little nervous to take all 3 kids all on my own, especially because the youngest 2 are WILD as can be, but we did great! My friend Melissa even met us out there with Jace's buddy Marco.

Driving the cars...

 

Take ya for a ride on my big red tractor...

 Me & my posse...

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 Today we slept in a little (Jace NEVER sleeps in so that was all kinds of wonderful for me!) then got to go to Family Day at my friend Melissa's Air Force unit. We really might as well be family. lol.  

Jace got to "fly" a helicopter ...

 Learn about the missiles that Auntie Mel loads onto the jets...

And talk to the jet's pilot about how to shoot a missile...

Jace is now snoozing away, completely exhausted from his fun filled weekend. I may not be far behind him! lol!