Thursday, October 28, 2010

annual pumpkin patch visit

Thanks to Grandma Gottula, who scouted many many pumpkin patch options (most of which weren't actually options since they didn't open until 4 PM and only catered to the teen-ager-corn-maze crowd), we had an awesome visit to the Country Merchantile pumpkin patch in the TriCities a couple weekends ago.

A photo essay of our terrific fall adventure (with photographic credit also to Grandma!):

(hayride out to the pumpkin field)


(pumpkins as far as the eye can see)


(the one!)



(they had cute animal-themed posters all around for photo opps)

("I'm this tall this year, Ma!")

(this is where we got LOTS of smiles... the toddler-sized hay-bale maze. so fun!!)






(this is our newest desktop image on our computer...)

(umm... a-dor-able!)


(we did the tunnel too on the big hay pyramid, but Wesley was a little confused by it all)



(fun at the petting zoo...including seeing a real live reindeer!!)


(we got to take a train ride, very cool!)

(our last stop... playing on the John Deere tractor!)


(ok LOVE the look on his face)

Happy Fall to you and yours from us and ours!

1 comment:

Rose said...

We love the mercantile! We've never gone through the pumpkin patch, because we didn't know one was there. BUT, we've shopped inside, and they got lots of awesome Eastern Washington stuff in there... including some of my favorite salsa and guacamole sold at my local farmer's market!

We were a bit disappointed in the local sparkling cider though. It was tasty, but not amazing enough to justify the extra cost. We'll probably just stick with Martinelli's. :)

We don't get to the mercantile often enough. We go to the Tri-Cities once a month (to visit the temple) and we don't stop at the mercantile every time.