Pumpkin Patch Time!

We made our way up Hwy 99 to the Airlie Hills Harvest Festival & Pumpkin Patch today. It was a gorgeous Friday afternoon and I have to say, this farm was AWESOME!!! The BEST pumpkin patch we've ever been too! It was in such a beautiful setting and there was so much to do. There was a hay maze, trike racing, a corn maze, a wheat box, farm animals, a fun tractor ride, GIANT pumpkins and the coolest thing ever...a huge tube slide that the kids could not get enough of (and the parents ;-)). I think we spent a good 3 hours at the farm. We can't wait until next year...and might even sneak back next week.

Mark in on the action! Giant tube slides are for grown-ups too!

Adorable!

Tractor ride out to pick our pumpkins.

Someone else on our tractor ride found these pumpkins! I was so jealous! Aren't they beautiful?

Looking for that perfect pumpkin.

We could not get the kids out of the wheat box. This was the only place Karlee wanted to be.

Wheat everywhere!

One bumpy potato sack ride!

Such a beautiful baby calf!

One crazy looking turkey!

Some of my favorite shots!

"Look, Mom. It's as big as me."

Countdown to Halloween

I got together with some cute ladies and made these darling advent calendars for Halloween. Is it bad that we've already eaten all the candy? We couldn't resist! Ha!

Fall Soccer

This is Macy's first year playing AYSO soccer. Her team is the Llamas & Mark is the head coach (thanks to his sweet wife who so willing volunteered him)! He's been doing an awesome job and has been taking his coaching job pretty seriously, designing drills and honing in on his key players. Macy hasn't been loving it! Two out of the four games, it has poured rain. Maybe when she scores her first goal, she'll catch the bug. If not....maybe softball?!?!?

Sunday Drive

Our Sunday Drive found us here....

...it was a beautiful day at the coast!

First REAL Day of Kindergarten

Macy had her first "REAL" day of Kindergarten and she loved it! She is acting so "grown up" lately, it's killing me! After big hugs and kisses good-bye, I left my little girl in her big classroom. She never even looked back. I am so proud of her but sad too! This is a brand new start for her and she is so excited about everything! I hear about all the kids that she knows and plays with on the playground and how she can't wait to ride the bus home (I'm easing in to the idea). What is everybody's feelings on that? I think I'm okay with letting her ride the bus home, since it would have only kindergartners on it but I can't tell how I feel about having her ride with the 5th graders to school. All in all, I am so proud of this girl!

Sitting at her assigned table.

Hugs good-bye

Finding a friend after class

Macy drawing her new kindergarten teacher

Kindergarten...here we come!

So after much, much stress, sleepless nights and going back and forth about whether to start Macy in Kindergarten due to the fact that she only makes the cut-off by four days, we decided to start her in school anyways. She is ready! I have no doubt about that.

With kindergarteners, they like to break them in easy. So on Wednesday, Macy and I met one-on-one with her new teacher (who we are SOOOOO excited about)! She is a DOLL. The kind you get the warm, fuzzies from and FUN. She is going to be amazing. On Monday, Macy goes with half of her class. Tuesday, the other half goes and on Wednesday, they all go together! More pictures to come...

At first I thought I was going to be alright about sending her. No tears from me... but I'm starting to really see the big picture. This is it....she's growing up and starting school and those days of staying home and following me around all day are almost over! Let's not talk about that right now...but just on how cute she looks on her first day at school!

Blackberry Picking

One of our favorite things about living in Oregon is all of the fresh berries available! Blueberries, marionberries, strawberries, blackberries. My freezer is full of them. My personal favorite are the blackberries and there are wild blackberry bushes every where. For Family Home Evening one night, we rode our bikes down to our "secret" blackberry picking spot and filled our bowls, which made for yummy blackberry shakes later that night! Every year we make the mistake of wearing shorts and short sleeves and come home with scratches and scrapes! They are worth it!

Notice the bike situation. We've become true Oregonians...

...so have they!