COLUMBUS DAY

today daddy didn't have to go to work, so he got up, got the girls ready for school, and dropped them off in time for breakfast. then he came home and we went back to sleep. :)
the good thing is that the 2 boys love to sleep late, so we all slept in.
we got ready and as soon as the girls got home we went to the pumpkin patch. our management was doing another wonderful event for military families.

the theme was "western round up" it was supposed to be from 4-6 pm. now by our track record, we are always late, lol, but this time we got there at 3:30pm. i was surprised, lol. there was already a line, and we all stood there until 4pm when they opened the gate.

it was cool. they had bull riding, mechanical of course, lol. knowing will, he had to try it, he lasted a whole 3 seconds!! lol they had another ride where you ride a mechanical horse, and you have to try to rope the cow. paint balling a cowboy. popcorn, churros, pretzels, and drinks. they had a train ride, and crafts. also, they had professional family portraits taken there. the game they always have is to guess a certain something.
this year you had to guess the weight of a huge pumpkin, and of the amount of candies in a jar. the best one, was that every family got to pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.

we had a fun day, i love going to lincoln military housing events. not only do we already know the staff, and love that they are soo nice, but it's so great that you are able to have some good family fun, for free!!!!

will won the guessing contest for the amount of candies in the jar. so we got to keep the jar. we missed the family portrait, but at the end jennifer offered to take a picture herself. i thought it was really sweet, but she always is. i got to have an extra white pumpkin, cause i was talking about how i had gotten a recipe for a white pumpkin bread from the other pumpkin patch we went too, so at the end, she said for me to get it.

here are some pictures for you to enjoy!!!

THE PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

daddy woke up early this morning, to be at mision bay at 8am for his weigh in and measurements. i was proud of him, cause i know he was so soar and tired. he was supposed to go for an hour but while he was there since he couldn't run like everyone else; after dave told him he could go, he went on his own to the gym, and got on the elyptical machine. yes, i am still proud of him.

today, as every weekend the kids and i woke up late. will was upposed to have been home before 10 am, becaue we had to go to a pumpkin patch event, but got home a little after 10am. lucky for him, i had the times wrong, and the event didn't start til 2pm. yes, like always, it took us 3 hours to get fed and dressed and out of the house, lol.

after running late, like always!, we made it. it was in lakeside, we had a beautiful drive through the mountains, of course that was after the 15 minutes of freeway, lol. i made the kids carry sweaters because i thought it would get cold, but i was wrong. go figure, me wrong?!??! what were the chances of that happening?? lol
the cool thing was that i found my camera yesterday, so i knew i was going to have a picture filled day.

we signed in, and the kids started with their crafts. they colored their own trick or treat bags, and got masks. it looked like will was more into it than the kids, lol.
after that, we did everything there was to do. they played milk bottle bowling, they went through a maze, played basket ball. went to the petting zoo, but the coolest things of all were the hayride, and the mountains of cottonseed for sledding!!!!!!! even will tried to sled down, but he fell and rolled down the hill, i mised the pic oportunity. it was o cool to see them play, it was like now, lol. the hay ride wa awesome!! they showed us through the whole farm and dairy. it's a 3rd generation owned and operated business. they had a cow that gave birth an hour before we got there, and 3 the night before. they have a whole ection of cows that are all pregnant and are all due in 1 day to 4 weeks. they have a methane plant, where they turn the cow manure into electricity, they use that electricity for the whole farm, dairy, and the houses on the property. it was all soo cool, and at the end the kids picked their pumpkins nad we bought a loaf of homemade pumpkin loaf. we are going to try it tomorrow.

i took soo many pictures that they didn't fit into one slide show, so i made 9. lol yes, 9 slide shows, hope you enjoy, cause i loved it!!!