Thursday, October 25, 2012

Pumpkin Chunkin’

Cory wanted me to take the kids to the pumpkin patch and take a few pictures.  I asked my brother to join me and so we could get a few pictures of the kids all together.  They had hundreds of pumpkins of all sizes.  Evan immediately found “punkins” his size and wanted to carry them all around.  He then realized that he could toss them around.  It then became a pumpkin chunkin’ contest for him.  There were pumpkins rolling everywhere.  Me and Matt were chasing little pumpkins all over that hill.  After a couple failed attempts at pictures, we chased down Evan and left as fast as we could.  I did buy 2 very overpriced pumpkins to offset the gentleman’s loss on all the little “punkins” my son hurled down the hill.  I told Cory that if he wanted pumpkin patch pictures next year he better be the one taking them…lol! 

DSC_0569 copy This was right before he started throwing these little pumpkins down the hill.

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DSC_0570copyThis little pumpkin wasn’t in Evan’s hands for long…shortly after I took this picture it was sent rolling down the hill :)

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DSC_0583 copyEvan found some little friends to play with.  This saved a few pumpkins!

DSC_0590 copy Ella wasn’t feeling pictures either...I have to laugh.  It was quite the experience!  I’m not sure if my brother will ever go back to a pumpkin patch!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Halloween At Jellystone

It has become a Bolick/Taylor Family tradition to spend a Halloween weekend camping at Jellystone Park.  It is a busy weekend from planting magic pumpkin seeds with the witches of Jellystone to carving pumpkins to the games and costume contest.  Our campsite has proudly won the costume contest 3 years in a row and this year we also won the pumpkin carving contest.  It was such a fun weekend!  We already have our reservations for next year! :)

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We started the weekend off with planting our magic pumpkin seed… 

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 Found the perfect spot for our pumpkin to grow…DSC_0417 copy

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Our magic pumpkin was waiting for us the next morning!!DSC_0422 copy

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Matt with the winning pumpkin! DSC_0431

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While Evan napped Ella, Daddy and Uncle Matt did a little fishing…DSC_0444 copy

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Fish #2…(Uncle Matt looks so excited!)DSC_0457

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Evan was ready to go trick-or-treating!

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Trick-or-treating…

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Evan had fun playing with the camper door.  He ran a concession stand all weekend!  He would take your order but only served “Pepi” (Pepsi).

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At the end of the weekend, Yogi came by to tell us good-bye!  It was another awesome family weekend!  We’re already planning our costumes and pumpkin for next year :)DSC_0557

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