Happy Fall Yall (and A SUPER CRAZY SHOUT OUT)

So, a little stomach virus can't hold me back from our ANNUAL pumpkin patch visit yesterday!! I totally HEART this place and look forward to going EVERY year!!! So, my question for ya is: DO PEOPLE IN THE NORTH HAVE COUNTRY PUMPKIN PATCHES TOO??? I mean...here we have banjo players, fried potato twirls, and hot corn on the Cob!! So, is that only for us in TN, KY etc....OR do you Northerners take your kids to such things too?? Just wondering! :) So, above we have LL decked out in her Fall Apple Poppy Dip outfit "striking" a pose as we entered the pumpkin patch...funny girl!! Then we have ALL 5 of my little pumpkins ready for some fun at the pumpkin patch...I just love my little cuties:

ok, some nice person stopped and asked if she could take a pic of ALL of us together...Well..sure you can:

I was decked out in my rust Ordinary Hero tshirt...Someone walked up and said, "i noticed your shirt...do you know Kelly Putty?" Ummmm...kind of...she's my older sister!! :) LOL

So, this place is full of all kinds of fun...the weather was perfect...the food was amazing...and they have TONS of things for kids to do....like sliding through a giant black tube thing...hmmm...have yall seen this at other pumpkin patches?? :)

My little country girl loved her a little tractor ride with the ummmm...not sure what those things are...but i'm sure one of yall could tell me:

Miss Pretty Pants LOVED finding the PERFECT pumpkin:

But it was exhausting work...so we needed to grab on to Momma's leg for a minute to make sure I knew JUST how tired she was:

Everyone was hard at work picking out their 2010 pumpkin....hmmm....we traded them back and forth at least a dozen times:

But FINALLY...5 were chosen...and the "littles" helped get them back to the car safely:

And...it was home for some carving time:

And, finally they were all ready and proudly displayed for the world (or our neighborhood) to see:

Ok, so flash off so we can see them light up:

BUT..the BEST picture of the day......WAS WHEN HAL WENT AND FOUND AN EXTRA PUMPKIN AND PLACED IT AT THE BOTTOM AND SAID IT WAS FOR HIS NEW LITTLE BROTHER FROM ETHIOPIA!!!! Oh...buddy...I LOVE your heart!!! And, of course, I told him to make sure he ran and showed Daddy what he did!!! :) I can't wait to tell him some day that HIS LOVE and PERSISTENCE for a little brother from Ethiopia WON DADDY's HEART!! :) (note: for family week in kindergarten..hal drew in an "extra" brown boy at the end of every family pic and told his teacher "it" was his new little brother from Ethiopia...yes, I had some questions to answer at the first parent/teacher conference....and he did this on his own... love that child :)

****Now for my SUPER CRAZY SHOUT OUT: My bloggy friend Kari emailed me to let me know of her CRAZY give away!! I totally can't believe she is GIVING TWO MISSION TRIPS AWAY!! Yes, you will get to travel with Kari and her gang from www.mycrazyadoption.org on a missions trip to serve orphans IF your name is drawn!! You simply enter by buying one of her tshirts..that's it!! You can find her tshirts at her store: www.store.mycrazyadoption.org !! And , you can read all about it by going here: www.mycrazyadoption.org/above-and-beyond-my-wildest-dreams They have already sold enough tshirts to give away TWO trips...so now they are going over and beyond by supporting two of her favorite charities while there!! So awesome!!! So...buy a tshirt, enter to win...and wait and see WHO gets to go!!! What a great idea Kari!!!! Here's some of her shirts:

***Ok, that's all i've got tonight...Happy Fall Yall...I love this time of year!!! And, Happy Monday to you all, kj