Pumpkins!

We had a great time this weekend at a new pumpkin patch near our house.  It was such a nice find after spending the last few years waiting in line at the popular spot up in Ashland for the pumpkin patch experience.  We met the Rowlands there and then enjoyed lunch, wandering through the patch picking our pumpkins, a hayride to see some horses in a barn and then a corn maze.  It was a beautiful day and lots of fun.

All country-ed up for our trip

Our pumpkins... one for each family member

Charlie helping to roll his to the car

Hayride

Baby selfie

Checking out the horses

We didn't carve the pumpkins for a week or so later.  Charlie, Kerrington and I went to work on two of them (Charlie's and mine) one night that James was working but then we finished the others a few nights later.  We think they look great :)  Kerrington also benefitted with piles of pumpkin baby food afterwards. Yum!

Getting ready to scrape some pumpkin guts out

Mommy's pumpkin up first

Charlie wanted to do a baseball and bat this year

A few nights later we added a butterfly for Kerrington, a bone for Marley (on the brindled pumpkin) and James made a Goochland G

Professional Pictures - Fall 2013

We did Kerrington's official 6-month pictures and Charlie's 4-year-old ones this weekend with Lindsey.   James found an awesome setting at an old house and farm near our house in Oilville and we luckily had a beautiful morning to do the shoot.  Kerrington and I headed over there early to do some solo shots of her.  Unfortunately, she was very serious and not very smily but Lindsey still captured some sweet shots.  I love her little serious face too so am glad to have some nice pictures of it :)  Charlie and James came later and Kerrington was all smiles when her brother was there to entertain her.  Charlie also did a great job in his solo shots.  We told use some silly jokes that just lit up the smiles on his face.  Below are some of my favorites....

State Fair 2013

It was a busy weekend, but made time to hit up the State Fair again this year for our annual animal petting and tractor sitting.  It was more summer-like than year's past and Charlie was much more brave than past years... petting and getting close to all of the animals.

Baby piggies

Larger baby pigs drinking milk from their mommy

Baby's first tractor picture!

Touch a Truck 2013

We had our annual trip to Touch a Truck this weekend.  Charlie was a little worn out from his soccer game, it was really hot out and James was busy doing a bike race so we didn't linger quite as long as usual.  It was still fun though!

Baby was pretty sweaty at the end