October Outing

Today we headed out to a farm about an hour and a half away from home for a nice family get together. We met up with my parents, sister Brittany, her two children Sienna and Bridget (ages five and two and a half), sister Courtney, her boys Drew and Colin (ages eight and four) and her fiancee Derek. There was a hay maze that the kids loved running through and climbing all over, animals to pet, a haunted house (which we didn't do unfortunately), and we went on our first hay ride where we picked pumpkins and apples. (Okay, we didn't so much pick the apples as we did pick them out because they just had them in a wooden crate for us to take.) It was a good time, new experience and a lot of fun. I do wish it would have been cooler and felt more like fall (it was 80 degrees) to add to the theme of the festivities and keep us all from sweating but oh well. My niece Bridget really loves Matt and followed him around everywhere. When it was time to go, her mom tried to get her down from this tractor she was sitting on and Bridget started to throw a fit and told her no. Matt comes over and puts his arms out and she not only willingly goes to him but she does it with a smile on her face! Seeing them interact together really makes me look forward to the way things will be with our own little girl- minus the temper tantrums. After the farm we went out to dinner and then went shopping at the Dollar Store. I know that sounds weird but it was right next to the restaurant and I love cheap shit so thought we should at least browse and made everyone tag along. Like my husband said, this should be a yearly event for us. It's always nice to spend time with them. Even though we live in the same city, everyone has their own thing going on and we don't do things together as often as we should. I guess that's a good thing though because sometimes they drive me nuts and it makes me appreciate when we are together. It's crazy to think that we'll have an addition to the family in just a few more weeks! I am so looking forward to it all.

Matt and Bridget in the maze

Colin

Drew

Sienna, already posing like a diva

Hay ride time!

On our way to the pumpkin patch

It's damn near impossible to get a picture of the two of them looking happy in the same frame

Little pumpkin for tiny hands

Apple "picking"

Apple eating

Mine and Matt's pumpkins

Ride back

She looks kind of like she's trying to escape but she was just chilling

Little goat

Little cow

Big mama (see how much my belly button sticks out?!)

Nice horse

Driving the tractor