Pumpkins, Cowboys, and Way Too Many Pictures

Somehow I found it in me to get out and make some family memories. We enjoyed visiting the pumpkin patch with the cousins and the zoo with the uncle. And to top it off, we did some trick-or-treating.

DISCLAIMER: I understand there is an extraordinarily large amount of pictures here. However, if you saw the mountain I went through, you would understand the miracle in coming up with the few that I did.


Schedules are always fun to coordinate. So Hunter patiently waited for the cousins.



He then decided to wait on the tractor instead. It became something else to be done with it when the cousins arrived.



I was roared at many times through the steering wheel. Each time was like the first.

It has become tradition to take a picture at the scarecrow every year to see how we've grown. If you think I know where the disc is that houses last years picture, you would be wrong.

Hunter's attempt to determine the source of the bumpy thingies.

Joshua is losing a lung here, but I thought it was way too cute of Hunter to pass by.

Joshua is always so proper when posing for the picture and I am lucky to get Hunter in the shot.

At least this year I was able to see him at all.

Donning his costume for the first time for the Boo at the Zoo. If you can't lip read, the would be CHEESE!!

Much better without any cheese.

The baby elephant was the highlight. She ran around, rolled in the dirt, fell over, stuck out her ears, and even pestered her mom. Apparently humans don't have the monopoly on that.

That face.

As is the case with most outings, Hunter usually ends up in the same place.

And a descent family picture to boot. Well, with some cheese on top.

Not everyone is made for trick-or-treating. At the first house, the horse was already dragging.

After weeks of practicing how and when to say the three magic words, Hunter replaced it at every door with, 'put it in there'. My heart soars with pride.

He even started taking more than he was offered. Luckily the cowpoke was so cute, nobody refused him.

We all had lots of fun and I was hearing all about the pumpkins until the birthday rolled around. Now I hear about 'orange train cake, mommy'. That is another post yet to come. I am sure with many more pictures.