Pumpkin Patch action

I've been working almost every weekend this month and it has put a serious damper on our family fall activities. Whenever I work a night shift I come home on a Sunday morning, sleep for 4 hours, wake up and wish I was going back to bed asap. This past Sunday was no different. My family had other plans. Mark is the one who actually dragged us to the pumpkin patch and I'm so glad he did.

We went to Stanly Lane Pumpkin Patch in Napa. We didn't get there until 4pm or so and it was perfect. Not very crowded (although it's a challenge to take pictures while the sun is setting).


And here is the part of the family who is awake. Addison slept through most of the excursion. And that other little girl? I took 40 pictures of these guys on the hay bale pyramid and she was in every single one of them. So at this point I feel that she's is just part of the family. I've named her Isabelle.

And here she is....still asleep. Even though I wanted to crawl in there with her... I didn't. Wasn't that nice?

The kids posed on every single tractor and I took about a hundred pictures of them. But lucky you.. I'm only posting one. :)


And then she woke up. Sort of. And we had 30 minutes to run around and do everything all over again. She met the stinky pigs, ran around with her big sis and brother and posed for mom's pictures (again).

As we sat at a picnic table and I listened to my family's chatter. I got a little sentimental and teary (as I am prone to whenever I'm post call... I can't help it. I need serious amounts of sleep these days). I love this little family. I'm grateful that they are on loan to me for however long God wants them here. Any time that we spend together is precious....even if it's for a few hours in a muddy pumpkin patch.