PUMPKIN FEST - 2014

My dad arrived yesterday for our annual pumpkin patch trip and this morning the kids chose to head over to Wooden Shoe again. As usual, everyone had a great time. Corn maze, hay bales to jump and climb, slides, paintball guns, Mt. Angel sausages, water pumps with rubber ducks, wheat to grind, scavenger hunts, and more. Here's a little glimpse of our time there.

The forecast was a high of 72, but it started drizzling as soon as we arrived. We decided to take a family picture right away in case we got drenched, but the rain let up a few minutes later and it was 72 by the time we left. It's better to err on the side of caution with important things like family pictures, though ... even if one of our family members, who will remain nameless, has a hard time taking pictures seriously.

Naomi always loves this rope and netting spider web.

Teebs had fun on the animal/tire swings.

Tim and I snapped a selfie while the kids played.

At one point my dad noticed that the cows on the cow train all had names on them and that one was made for Tim.

Then we saw one for me. Ha!

We eventually made it out to the corn maze, but this year the big boys took off on their own and we met them back at the main area later on. The three adults and two youngest Ws tackled the maze together. Naomi and Papa were the navigators for much of the time.

We heard Silas and Devon at one point and I zoomed in through the stalks to prove that we saw them.

Devon loves grinding the wheat and spends a huge chunk of time doing it each year.

Silas hung out at the bean bag toss for quite a while.

My dad is working on a blog post with his own pictures right now, so I'll come back and link it up when he's done.