Fall is in full swing...

This past weekend we loaded up the car & drove to Grady, AR. Ever since we moved to Greenville we have heard great things about Hardin Farms Pumpkin Patch. So this year we finally decided to make the trip to see what all the fuss was about! Our neighbors, the Vega's, went with us & we ended up having a fun-filled day!!

They've got everything you can imagine! Once we pulled up Luke spotted the pumpkins & that's all he kept saying..."pupkin...pupkin...pupkin!!!" He was in "pupkin heaven"! They've got this huge field that they have cleared & there are spots to take pictures, picnic tables, a playground area for little kiddos, huge piles of hay for kids to climb on, an area with all kinds of animals, pony rides, face painting, a huge slide, and more! The kids had fun posing in the little wooden cut-out picture spots! They also had a Haunted House. Now, it was a very tame haunted house...it was basically an old trailer that was turned into a little area that you weaved in & out of. They had decorations that either moved or lit up. Grace was dying to go through it, so off we went. As we gave the guy our ticket she grew a bit more apprehensive, but was still quite curious. I held her & Darren had Luke. Roxanne, Jose, Joanna & Michael all went in, too. We were reasurring the kids that it was like the decorations at the Vega's house (Roxanne is a HUGE fan of Halloween). However, our kids were't okay with it! Darren & Luke were the first ones in & as soon as they rounded the corner & saw the first decorated area, Luke freaked! Grace buried her head in my neck & held on for dear life. There were only like 4 decorated areas, so it was a quick trip. Luke cried the whole time & Grace never brought her face up to see anything else! She later told us that it wasn't such a good idea to go in the haunted house. Luke kept telling us he saw a monster & it wasn't long before he was signing "more" & asking for "more monster"!! He recovered rather quickly, but I'm guessing if he had the opportunity to go back in he really wouldn't take it! We then loaded up for the hayride out to the pumpkin patch. There were more & more pumpkins! We searched for just the right pumpkin for us to carve & we let the kids pick a baby pumpkin. They both enjoyed this alot! We ended our day with lunch in the restaurant they had. It was a fun way to spend our Saturday!