Introducing Steve and other adventures from our weekend...

It's weekends like this that trick me into thinking that I like fall. The sun is shining, the air is crisp, and all sorts of fun activities await us. So while I loved every minute of this weekend I know the truth is that I do not actually like fall because I know that soon it will be dark 20 hours a day and rainy 7 days a week. When that time comes I will look back fondly at this weekend and remember the sunshine and smiles and know that fall isn't all bad.



Here's how this weekend went down:



When I got home from work on Friday, it was beautiful outside! The kids and Robbie had spent the afternoon gathering all of the supplies that we needed to build a scarecrow. This all started last week when Robbie found a pole while cleaning out the woods that "will be perfect for a scarecrow." I just let it go because he is known for his hair brained schemes (like the time that he printed out 84 pages of directions on how to carve a canoe out of a tree) and I thought that this, too, would blow over. It didn't. But guess what? It was so fun! I got to spend an hour outside with my fun, funny family and we had a blast!!

We spent most of the time throwing the hay at each other ("HAY FIGHT!!") but somehow we were able to get some of it into the scarecrow. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Steve...

Our fall fun didn't end there. We had a wedding to attend in Seattle and after Ben was so confused and disappointed to find out that his class was going to the pumpkin patch and not on a ferry ride (I seriously have no clue where he got that idea) we decided that it was high time that they went on a ferry ride. So after a morning of flu shots, we hopped a boat to Seattle. They (really just Ben) thought it was "too cold on the bow" so we spent most of the time inside but they were excited nonetheless.

The wedding was beautiful and so much fun (congrats Mel & Derek!!) and the kids did well during the long ceremony. I packed a huge ziplock for each of them full of snacks and they munched away for the entire service. At least they were quiet. Pretty good for two people who only stop talking when they are sleeping! We danced like crazy and then headed for home and our nice cozy beds. Because....

In an attempt to get as much as possible into one weekend and to take advantage of what very well could be the last sunny day this side of July, we headed to the pumpkin patch first thing in the morning. We found this farm by accident a couple of years ago and have been going ever since. It was so fun! We took a hay ride out to the field and searched until we found the perfect pumpkins (pretty much the first 4 we came across).

What a great weekend!! I love my family and friends and am almost forgetting how much I hate fall!