Pumpkin Patch

I'm a little late in posting this, but we went to a cute little pumpkin patch last weekend, done by a couple girls in our ward.  Nathan had a lot of fun picking out his little "baby" pumpkin.  He loves his pumpkin and gives it kisses and loves to hold and play with it.  We haven't decorated it yet, but he likes to play catch and shoot baskets with it, so maybe he thinks it's a basketball  

Time for a new post...

Well, it's been a week since we were in Colorado for our short visit.  Nathan and I rode out to visit my family  with Chris' oldest sister Heather and her youngest Seth (4).  Heather was buying a 4-H steer for her son and gets them from some people my family knows in CO.  I tagged along for the ride and to see my family for a couple days.  It was short, but sweet as always.  It rained almost the whole time we were there, but it was a really nice change of scenery for us.  I actually wore sweats and a sweatshirt, and realized that I don't know how to pack for CO weather in the fall.  You never know if it's going to be 70 degrees or snowing!  I forgot to pack socks for Nathan, since he refuses to wear them anyway.  He wore his crocs most of the time, which doesn't work well

 when he wants to spend every waking minute at the barn in the mud and hay.  He still has his obsession over tractors and whenever it wasn't pouring rain, he was at the barn or on the 4-wheeler with my dad. 

Playing in the sandbox with cousin Kendrick and Hilary's kids Grace and Charly

 Here he is, driving the tractor for the first time.  I wish you could have seen the smile on his face.  He was lifting the loader part up and down and honking the horn with pure joy!  

Anyway, we got to see a couple of my good friends and their new babies.  Also, we got to say goodbye to my good friend Hilary and her kids before they take an extended vacation to Ireland!  It was a much needed trip for me, but it always makes it hard to leave.  I think Nathan makes it even harder to leave.  He kicks and screams when it's time to go and it makes me want to cry.  It's really hard being far away from family.  I am glad I get to go home as often as I do, I just always wish it was more.  

On the way home we saw a couple of my old roommates, Jackie and Katy.  We had a great time at Jackie's house- she has three boys and one is Nathan's age.  Talk about toys and tractors!  Nathan was in HEAVEN!  He could have played outside in the dirt all day.  It was a nice visit.

We are home now and enjoying some cooler weather here too.  Chris missed us and he's finally catching up at work now, so we might actually see him this week.  Happy Fall!