Can you believe it is that time already? We had our annual visit to the pumpkin patch! This year we made a return visit to Thies Farm. It makes for a wonderful family outing! Parking is free!

We met our great friends Chris and Kelly there.

The kids were all so excited to see each other. We chose to sit down and have some lunch before entering the play area. This year we tried the bbq chicken sandwich. It was pretty yummy!

The kids had hot dogs and chips

Next we headed over to the play area

The kids all had tons of fun here! They all took turns on the tractors. For whatever reason they love pushing each other! This is Hannah and Caden.

Abby paused for a moment so I could catch a smile!

She really was happy… I promise! She just wouldn’t look at me and be happy…

Hannah wore her new skirt and her cute new jack-o-lantern jacket!

This is the best I could get of them together.

The entire gang. Now the story behind this picture (EVERY year) is — C and J do not want to pose for this. I get it… the kids are crawling on us. At least one of them is very mad about being contained. The tallest one decided she wasn’t going to look at the camera. The wind is blowing. Other people are waiting to sit in the same spot to take their own picture. AND to top it all off you have to find someone to actually take the picture for you. But, I love the picture. Every year, no matter what everyone is doing or how frazzeled we look… it is great to look back at this particular picture

The kids. Maddie (4), Hannah (1.5), Abby (3.5), Caden (almost 2)

Feger Family. Notice I have the “keep your hands out of your face” hold on Abby.

There was a big corral filled with hay for the kids to play in. This photo caught the exact moment that Caden put Abby in her place! Well, okay, what really happened was Abby was running around crazy and once Caden jumped in the ring he started running crazy and they smacked right into each other. Caden won

Abby got her moment though. This appears to be big sister helping little sister not fall into the corral. But what was really happening is Abby was throwing Hannah in! She bounced off of her face and popped right up. This made Kelly laugh! I watched it all happening and all I could think was, “I gotta get this on camera!” LOL

Abby did the maze.

Abby loved riding on the tire horse. Hannah wasn’t so into it

Abby giving us another great smile!

Abby did the big slide! She wanted to do the “one where they give you the makin” She was calling the potato sack a napkin

Then you can visit the store. The store has all kinds of jams and jellies and butters and produce! We grabbed some puffed corn and a couple pumpkins and headed out.

It was a great day!!