Fall Fun

It's been almost a month since my last post - oops!  We've been outside lots, loving this fall weather!  (This is by far my favorite season... love the weather, love the comfy/cozy clothes, love it all!!)  :-)  And now that Benjamin is more mobile on his legs, he's way excited to go outside, too!  

We spent some time over Labor Day weekend at Ledges State Park - really fun place to take kids or could go just adults!  (Creeks to stomp/play in and trails upon trails!)  Here's some of the fun that we had... didn't make it much past the creek!

water was cold at first, but everyone quickly got used to it!

not sure what josiah found in that rock, but
apparently he needed to look at it closely!

looking for minnows... kinda creepy, but we could
see them swimming around our legs!?!

everyone needs a good, sturdy stick to hold while out in nature, right?! 

made some new friends, who were building a dam -
so we jumped right in and started hauling sand and piling it up!

This weekend, we got to meet up with my Iowa family (missed you, Trav and Lindsay!) to celebrate mom's bday at Bloomsbury Farm - a super-fun pumpkin patch!  Lots of fun things to do... a jumping pillow, animals to feed and stare at, tether ball for the non-kids, pedal tractors, a pumpkin-shooter, mini-train, corn maze, tile slides, corn pool and a hayride!  Oh, a big pile of pumpkins, too!  It was lots of fun - could have probably made three laps and done everything a few times.  I think we were all starving when we got out of there and then all slept well last night!  Whew!  

mid-jump on the jumping pillow!  Josiah was very
cautious at first (surprising, since he's my climber!) 

Dad vs. Conrad, serious tether-ball action.

josiah and ada, checking out the goats!

barrel train fun!

Gpa Mark and Benjamin on the tile slide... weeeeee!

corn pool!

five faces... almost all are happy.  benjamin wanted to keep
swimming and wasn't happy when i set him in the "line-up".   

*love* getting to drive!

love being outside in the sunshine... looking forward to lots more fall fun in the months to come!!