A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went in search of the perfect pumpkins for the year & ended up at Wilson Banner Ranch where we followed the boys into the depths of the pumpkin patch.

Ethan wanted the biggest one he could find.

Kamden wanted one that he could lift up & carry by himself.

Owen really didn't care what kind of pumpkin he got, but in the end he wanted them all. 

Thankfully they had these handy wagons to help us with our load because those pumpkins are heavier than you think.

Just ask Kamden.

And here is Ethan's pumpkin.

Well, it was his for a few minutes, until he spotted an even bigger one.

On the drive home Kamden kept asking if he could clean out his pumpkin when we got home. We unloaded groceries & while we were putting them away he was getting impatient saying, "I really just want to get started on this thing."

Jeff's favorite part of carving pumpkins is cleaning them out. Our first Halloween together I didn't yet know this about my husband, so while he was at work I cleaned out the pumpkins so that we could have enough time to carve them when he got home. He was pretty disappointed. But I don't particularly enjoy the cleaning out part, I would rather do the actual carving, so we have found a nice balance in our marriage when it comes to this particular tradition.

Anyway, Owen's face in these pictures is pretty entertaining.

He was totally & completley grossed out by the pumpkin guts.

Ethan's request this year was much easier than last year when he wanted a BSU Bronco pumpkin. This year he just wanted a "happy pumpkin with circle eyes & some teeth on the bottom & some teeth on the top."

Kamden wanted a scary pumpkin, which Owen isn't fond of. When we finished the carving, we set the pumpkins on the counter with lights inside & the house was dark...Owen ran from the room saying "Scare me, Mommy, scare me!"

Owen had no input on the pumpkin face he ended up with, but he lovingly refers to it as "Baby Pumpkin" and has lengthy conversations with it as it sits in front of the fireplace. We haven't put them outside because I'm worried the deer will eat them, as they have been devouring anything & everything they can find.

Trick-Or-Treat!