We have always been blessed to have pumpkins in either ours or Grandpa Jacobson's garden, but this year we had no such luck. So...we decided that if we had to buy pumpkins, the pumpkin patch sounded SO MUCH MORE FUN than the Albertsons Parking Lot. 
We went to the U-Pick Pumpkin Patch and they had a FREE (my favorite price) straw maze that the kids loved.
A $2.00 train ride that they also LOVED. It was actually a long train ride so it was worth the money. The kids got to go all around the pumpkin patch and through the corn stalks and thought it was great.
We went to the U-Pick Pumpkin Patch and they had a FREE (my favorite price) straw maze that the kids loved.
A $2.00 train ride that they also LOVED. It was actually a long train ride so it was worth the money. The kids got to go all around the pumpkin patch and through the corn stalks and thought it was great.Then we got the family deal where you get ANY 5 pumpkins for $20. We thought it was a pretty good deal - atleast as good as the deal we would have gotten at Albertsons plus the extra bouns of the train and straw maze. We told the kids that they could pick any pumpkin they wanted but they had to be able to carry it to the car. Ya,.....I know I carried 2 pumpkins and Ryan carried 2 so I am not sure if that rule worked out real well.:)
This is Laiklie mid-picking. I am sure this isn't the actual pumpkin we brought home for her. She was funny. She would pick-up one....walk a few feet....put it down.....pick-up another one. She was fun to watch.
Oakley saw this beauty right off and was a trooper to actually carry it the majority of the time. Her poor little arms were dead! She was happy with her pick you can tell by the smile.
Rhett and Dallin were a nightmare. Ryan finally had to set the timer on his phone so that they knew they had to hurry-up and pick one. Rhett carried multipule pumpkins around like Laiklie. He would carry it for a minute and then hand it to me to carry and then go find a new one. Silly man!
Dallin finally settled on this one. I wish you could see in the picture all the rough little bumps all over it like warts. It is a super cool pumpkin.
This is Laiklie mid-picking. I am sure this isn't the actual pumpkin we brought home for her. She was funny. She would pick-up one....walk a few feet....put it down.....pick-up another one. She was fun to watch.
Oakley saw this beauty right off and was a trooper to actually carry it the majority of the time. Her poor little arms were dead! She was happy with her pick you can tell by the smile.
Rhett and Dallin were a nightmare. Ryan finally had to set the timer on his phone so that they knew they had to hurry-up and pick one. Rhett carried multipule pumpkins around like Laiklie. He would carry it for a minute and then hand it to me to carry and then go find a new one. Silly man!
Dallin finally settled on this one. I wish you could see in the picture all the rough little bumps all over it like warts. It is a super cool pumpkin.We thought the pumpkin patch experience was worth the $28 that it cost us. We talked alot on the way home about opening our own Hawkins Family Pumpkin Patch next year. We couldn't believe the amount of money made on their little 2 acre lot. We could SO DO THAT! I guess we will see what next year brings. Heck....if we kept the sheep we could charge a fee for the petting zoo. We would probably also have to have parents sign release forms because of the headbunting thing!:)
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We had to buy pumpkins too. I wish we would have went here though. It looks like a ton of fun.
Ya, you guys should totally plant a patch next year! And the petting zoo--major bonus!
Love the pictures! Looks like you had a great time!
We would come, you could also charge people to stroll thru your zoo!!! and leave their kids at your daycare!! Ha Ha. Reading your blog lately has been helping us laugh alot!!
What a fun place! We had to buy pumpkins this year. I love all the fun fall pictures, they are so festive!!!
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