Saturday night we went to "the farm" for Uncle Larry's 60th birthday party. Karen and Larry are Zack's aunt and uncle who live in Christiana. The kids were so excited to be going to the farm. It was a great party, as usual. There were lots of activities for the kids. There was a bonfire and lots of yummy food. Karen and Larry took the kids (my older 3 and their 2 grandchildren on a hay ride to pick pumpkins. They had put already carved pumpkins out in the field for the kids to go get. They had a blast. They also had some of their friends doing kids crafts. They made bandanas, got their face painted, and got lots of fun goodies. No wonder they love going to the farm. It was a great relaxing night for Zack and I too. Zack stayed by the fire. I had lots of help with the babies. Cara was a great help. After I got the babies fed and bundled up, we passed them off to willing hands who got them to sleep. We were then able to eat and go on a hayride. It was a scary hayride. There was a ghost and a headless man chasing us. I always appreciate all Karen and Larry do!! It was a great night for all!!
The fun didn't end at the farm. With Zack starting his own business, we have really had to scale back on our spending. We had talked to the kids and told them we would not be buying a pumpkin this year. They were very understanding. Saturday night we came home to find five big pumpkins on our porch. Talk about excited- they were ready to start carving right away. Our realtor (we used for both of our houses) changed companies and used pumpkins as a way to deliver her new business cards. She left a pumpkin for each of our kids. So we went from not getting a pumpkin to 11 pumpkins. Mia's she had got at the pumpkin patch, 3 carved pumpkins from the farm, 2 baby pumpkins from the farm, and 5 big pumpkins from our realtor. Landon strategically placed each pumpkin on the porch. He would arrange them, stand back in the yard with his arms folded, and then make any necessary adjustments till he got it just right. I have no idea who he got his perfectionism from. Zack and Landon carved the big pumpkin in the middle.
5 comments:
I LOVE IT! All those fun pumpkins for your oh so cute punkins!! Happy Halloween!!! And the perfectionism, hmmm, where DID that come from. . . ??? tee-hee!!!
How fun!! This will be a Halloween to remember. Very nice carving jobs.
I can just see Landon now....stepping back to critique his work---now you know what YOU look like all the time! Great carving, Zack (& Landon)!
What a sweet story AND what a great little business move on the relator's part! How sweet--the Halloween fairies were looking after your kids!! :)
Tell Landon it looks perfect! He reminds me so much of Mitchell.
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