after my time in covid jail, we had the girls tested twice, four days apart. and even though both times were negative and we hadn’t had anyone show covid symptoms, anna was still required by her school to quarantine for another full week. we decided the best course of action was to take a spontaneous […]
pumpkin patch
pumpkin patch extravaganza.
last year, we were pretty much in the desert and away from civilization for the entire fall, so we missed out on the full pumpkin patch experience. this year, we were in salt lake city in the weeks before halloween, and with my mom coming out for some of that time, we figured we should […]
pumpkin-y pennsylvania visit from new gramma and grampa terry.
as mentioned in a previous post, my mom and stepdad came down for a few days last week, to visit us before we head out west on our epic road trip. most of the first afternoon was spent settling in and showing off (parents and kids, respectively). on the second day, before the rain and […]
roba pumpkin patch.
now that it’s fall and holidays are coming at us, i’m finding that one of the hard parts of the road life is realizing that we won’t be able to do a lot of our family traditions. my timehop app on my phone keeps reminding me of things like patterson farms, pumpkin carving, baking and […]
the most sincere pumpkin patch.
it’s no secret that i miss western new york autumns. so, when i learned that my reunion was scheduled for the fall, i was so excited to partake in some our typical fall activities up there. it was tough to squeeze in, because of weather and reunion stuff, but on saturday, we headed off to […]
lazy five ranch.
a few days (weeks) ago, our friend stephanie invited us to go to lazy 5 ranch with her family. they had won some tickets and couldn’t use them all and anna and kaylin are super good friends and we’ve never been, so we gladly took them up on their offer. poor isaac missed out, because […]
patterson farms. twenty fourteen.
my parents came to town on friday morning. we gave them a day to settle in, then forced my mom to go to the pumpkin patch with us. every year, we hit up the same place. it’s awesome. our first pumpkin patch pic with hazel. thanks to my mom for the family shot. hazel and […]
patterson farms. 2013 version.
on saturday, we headed out to our favorite “pumpkin patch”, located in mount ulla, north carolina, for a day of family fun and relaxation. :). warning. there’s a lot of pictures. obligatory indian corn and pumpkin diorama photo: other obligatory pumpkin growth chart photo: first things first. always the petting/feeding zoo. then, some face painting. […]
patterson farms IV
yesterday, we made our annual-ish trip to patterson farms for some fall time fun. and i took exactly one jillion pictures to document it. last year, the eating situation was disastrous. we waited in line for like an hour for some terrible hot dogs and hamburgers. so, we decided to eat on the way this […]
pumpkin and turkey. cookie edition.
isaac’s preschool thanksgiving party is today. i’m bringing these cookies.