Pumpkin Patch Attempt

The great thing about pumpkin patches in Vegas is that they can be anywhere -- like in the parking lot of a big casino. That's the case for the one that we ventured to today. Then we walked in and, being that we're not growing money out of our ears, took a few pictures and walked back out. They had pony rides, jump slides, a petting zoo, a train ride, and some carnival looking ride but each ride was 3 bucks a piece per child, and my sister-in-law Shiloh has 4 kids. So that was a no-go, and I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. And pumpkins, well that's just another story. A good size, like the kind that you'd actually be able to carve something in were $25!!! What kind of craziness is that? So after about 15 minutes there we decided that we'd take the kids to Mickey D's and let them eat happy meals and run in around in the play place. With that, they were content.

After Mickey D's we bribed the kids to be good while Shiloh, my sis-in-law Jen and I spent 3 hours browsing the scrapbooking selection at Michael's. I don't know if other Michaels' have done the same thing yet, but this was was totally remodeled with its own little scrapbooking store inside. A HUGE selection, nothing like before. It was pretty great. And even greater is that jen works there and got 50% off everything that we bought that was regular price this week. So we got some killer deals. Great stuff for Halloween pages. And next week we'll be having an all day girls' scrapbooking day. Can't wait! Anyway, after 3 hours at Michaels we went to the always trusty Wal-Mart and bought great big $4 pumpkins. A day of bargains for us.


Easton and cousin Jaedyn - these two are my dad's pride and joy (and my mom's too)

Little Jaedyn is having a terrifically fun b-day party this weekend with a Halloween theme. I'm so excited with all the Marth Stewart things Geana has been creating for this little lady's 1st b-day. There will be some good eats.

Shiloh's 4 didn't want to pose for the pictures. We felt like we were stealing by taking pictures here since we weren't going to be buying anything, and the owner people were carnie folks who kept giving dirty looks since we wouldn't ride there rides.

We had to get a picture of Jaedyn at the pumpkin patch for her first time. Actually, it was Easton's first time too. For some reason I never took him when we lived in Boise.

He does this a lot. These my-life-is-completely-over-because-I-didn't-get-what-I-wanted tantrums. I usually just laugh, and then I tell him to get some real problems. Kids actually stick their lower lip out. They're such funny things. He was over it in about 3.7 seconds.

So we had a long, busy day, a little bit of bickering and crying among the children, but we had a fun, eventful day. I love having a sister (Becca went to the lame-o pumpkin patch too but I didn't take her picture) and sister-in-laws that are my best buds. Once again, good times.