Pumpkin hunting and Halloween

A few weekends ago Travis put together a trip to the pumpkin patch near his parents house. After a great ferry ride in the morning and a short drive up the hood canal we arrived at their house. I want to say thank you first to Travis's parents for letting us come and have such a great time in their home, and second to Travis for putting this together. Also I want to say thanks for everyone that came along. It wouldn't of been the same without all you guys. That being said we set out in search of the best pumpkins we could find after piling into Travis dads truck. That's eight people in one truck. Arriving at the farm we were greeted by a tractor that pulled a huge cart behind it out to the pumpkin patch. It was a bumpy ride(you can see this in the video) but fun. Once out in the field we all found some good pumpkins for carving and rode back. On the way back the was a field adjacent to the pumpkin patch full of cows. One of the cows found a hole in the fence and decided to go for it. This in turn created a whole stampede of cows running straight at us looking for food. It was pretty funny, and I've never seen cows run so fast. Those things move when foods involved! After buying our pumpkins and piling back into the truck we were welcomed back to Travis's parents with encilandas. After stuffing myself with too much food we all played a game of cranium. Sadly all good times have to end sooner or later and after the game we (Elizabeth and I) had to head out. On the way back we got to see an amazing sunset in the hood canal on the way home. All in all one of the best days of fall I've ever had. Fall colors, pumpkins, fall sunset, cool crisp air, and good friends.

Halloween has now gone. But I have pictures of the pumpkins we got!!!!!(and some video). Here are Elizabeth's and my jack o lanterns. We had about fifteen trick or treaters this year. Which is nice to see people still actually going out and exploring the neighborhoods for candy.

What a great October!