Hunting Pumpkins and more...

Another family outing with Ken and MarGene. This one took us to the pumpkin patch by their house. We've been to a few in the last couple of years and really haven't found one we liked so it was nice to check out something new.

This one was all a buzz with activities and people. They had a really nice set up to make a fun outing out of getting a pumpkin. The kids started out wanting to get their pumpkins and we all agreed it was probably the best to get it out of the way.

Megan wanted to pick the largest pumpkin she could find. Any old small one wasn't going to do. We had to have her settle for having a bigger pumpkin than Andrew as you pay by the pound. She wasn't exactly thrilled but went with it. Andrew wanted pretty much the first pumpkin he saw and we had to talk him into looking around first. There were many that had already started to get mold so we had to be careful in our selection.

Once a fair selection was made Jeff headed over the the check out line to purchase our pumpkins and the rest of us headed over the the petting zoo to pet some cute little animals. Megan was all about quality and took her time with the eight different animal pens. Andrew was all about quantity and did the quick one-two pet and was on to the next one.

After a quick hand washing we headed over the hay ride to take us out to a corn maze. I of course took the opportunity to take more pictures. My family "loves" when I take lots of pictures.


At the corn maze they turned it into a little game of clue. Throughout the maze were stations with some answers of who wasn't the killer. We got a map and checklist to find out who done it. We'd cross off places, people, and objects as we found the clues in the maze. To make it fun we decided to split the group Men vs. Women. We set a 25 minute time limit and off we went.

The ladies started off really well and found three right off. We had this map which really didn't help at all and was more like just a piece of paper. We thought for sure we were going to win. MarGene asked how much time we had and as I looked at my watch realized we had 3 minutes and we still needed 2 more clues. We headed for the exit hoping that we still won. It took us a little over 5 minutes to find our way out so we were late. We came to the exit to find Ken waiting for us and they had the answer. The men won!! (We later found out that they cheated and got some help from someone else they found in the maze. It was all in fun anyway.)

After such a brain busting task each child got about a 5 minute pony ride. I think this may have been the highlight for each of them. Both kids were really good on the horses and had smiles the whole time.

We ended our pumpkin patch outing at the corn shooter. You got to blast off a half a piece of corn into a field and if you hit a target in the center you could win a free pumpkin. I think one of the bunch got close but not a win. It was so much fun with all the activities and stuff to do. I'm thinking we may have found the right pumpkin patch.