Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Pumpkin Patch 2013

Last week we visited the Spooner Farms pumpkin patch! I was fighting a cold but sucked it up so we could enjoy the last beautiful day of the season and capture some memories of Cru's first pumpkin patch adventure!


Mt. Rainier was out and looking handsome next to my studly men. :]


Cru was highly distracted during most of our photo ops but I think he liked it!  It was definitely a sensory overloaded experience for the little guy!


Be still my pumpkin loving heart.  This kid is so stinking cute!






We sat Cru down next to some little pumpkins and decided the first one he grabbed we would take home!



The farm had a cute height chart we stood Cru up against.  Justin said he's going to make him pose there, every fall until he's 18.  HAH!


We visited the animal barn which had some chickens, turkeys, piglets and bunnies.


Outside we found a giant spider.  At least he was a happy spider!


If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen a little photo collage I posted. It was such a fun evening and we look forward to doing it every year with our little family!


It's Fall Y'all - Outside Edition

I already showed you our fall decor inside the house, now step outside with me for a quick look at what we did out there...

We didn't decorate very much, only around the front door area.  I grew up in a home where the decor was always autumn related instead of Halloween related so that's what I like to do too! 

Here is the front door area. Just a couple of potted mums, some pumpkins, a home made wreath and a couple of home made signs.


The pumpkins came from Spooner Farms.  We went on a family pumpkin patch outing this past Monday (more on that later this week :]).  Our front stoop area isn't very big so we stuck with some more modest sized pumpkins.

This also home to a quick DIY sign I made a couple weeks ago.  I have a full tutorial on that coming soon too!

I love white pumpkins.  I think they are so pretty and they compliment our screen door so well!


I also made a "No Soliciting" sign for our front door to keep all year round.  We have a lot of door to door people in our town so hopefully this will end that! :]


I hung my home made wreath on our newly painted screen door.  I didn't document how I made it but it is a wreath form from the dollar store, some extra ribbon and an extra fall garland I had on hand.  I also had the "d" lying around so I fastened that on there to add a personal touch.  It was free, easy and adds a lot to the front of our home!


Between the paint color, screen door, brick chimney and fall flava happening here, I am in love! I think it looks so good!  Next spring we will be getting a new roof and adding some landscaping that lasts all year round so it will just keep getting better!


Happy Fall Y'all!