Tate Farms

Last Saturday Nathan and the girls and I went to Tate Farms, our local Pumpkin Patch/fun fall place to go! We go every year and they always love it. We wanted to wait on daddy of course so he could go with us. The first available time was the last day before they closed for the month, the day before Halloween. We thought it might be crazy busy, but no it was perfect. We had the best time. The weather was beautiful and not too cool and definitely not too hot. There were a few people there but not near as many as we have seen in the past. I think everyone had already gone. Of course, the first thing we had to do was go to the petting zoo. Annalyse can't get enough of the animals. I have no idea where she gets that from!

This first little area was where they kept the puppies. They have built a new barn this year for the animals and it was very nice. We did have a little friend who visited us though. A little mouse ran by us and scurried between the boards of the wall before Annalyse could get to it. Yes, Annalyse would have caught it if she could. Later that day when we asked what their favorite part of the day was she said getting to see the mouse. When we asked sweet Lucy she said getting to spend the day with her daddy. She sure loves her daddy! Who could blame her?

The girls always love playing in the corn pit. We found corn all over the car and in their bedroom floor after they changed their clothes that day.

Nathan and Annalyse buried Lucy.

Going through the hay maze.

Every year we always take their pictures here at the pumpkin height chart. Don't they all look thrilled?

We are all on the hayride being pulled by the tractor headed out to pick out our pumpkins from the patch. Charlotte enjoyed the ride but possibly enjoyed her thumb even more.

I thought these pictures were hilarious. At no point did they ever all have their faces in at the same time, I guess not all with smiles anyway. They were cracking us up.

I absolutely love this picture with Nathan and his three girls. It is my new screensaver. If they only knew how blessed they were to have him for a daddy.

I thought Charlotte looked so big in these pictures. She was enjoying picking out her pumpkin but wasn't quite sure what to think of all the vines and grass around her.

We ended our fun morning with a picnic lunch. We were starving and the food really wasn't too bad. I think Charlotte finished her meal before the big girls barely got started.

This is what happens when you are 14 months old and miss your morning nap. She passed out with in 2 minutes of being in the car. Nathan, the girls, and I had a great weekend. We love the times that we get to just hang out as a family and do what we want to do when we want to do it. The girls really seem to love it also. They are always asking to have a family day or night. It's really sweet. I am trying to soak it all up now because I know it won't be long and that won't be the case.