farmland adventures

this weekend we went back to our favoritest fall place, farmland adventures.
we all looooove going out there and the boys were so excited when i told them AJ was taking off early on friday so we could go.

we started with the corn maze...we do the smaller corn maze for our little ones' sake.
ruby wanted me to hold her through the entire maze...i was really wishing i had brought the ergo.
let's just say AJ ended up carrying my purse through the rest of the maze.
why i even brought my purse escapes me.

everyone loves the corn box.
i think we need one.

avery really wanted me to take a picture of him doing this.
oh my.

fin and sawyer did the pony rides.
something we love about farmland adventures is that all the fun activities are included in the price.
the kids can do everything as many times as they want.
that is huge.

after pony rides we walked around the petting zoo & fed the goats.
there are tons of goats.

all of our kids love feeding animals.
they are pretty good at holding their hands nice and flat for the animals to eat the feed out of.

next we did the hay ride.
the hay ride is probably my favorite part.
it is so beautiful and peaceful out there.

they give everyone tortillas to feed the animals.
the chickens and the cows come running for their treats.
there was a cow running along side....like really close.... right beside us.
it was hilarious.

the man stopped out in the middle of the field so that we could feed the cows....that were coming up really close.
this cow was literally right up in my face.
hilarious.

after the hayride it was time to pick our pumpkins.
the boys had very specific ideas of what they wanted.
finley wanted the weirdest looking pumpkin possible.

we spent some more time there just letting the kids play around the hay bales and take extra pony rides.
ruby decided she wanted to take a pony ride.
i really thought she would freak out once i actually put her on the horse, but she did great.
she did cling to me really tight....but i was so proud of her for actually getting on the pony.  :)
she loves animals so i know she was so happy she did it.

this was our third year in a row to go to farmland and it is definitely our place.
we love it.

check out our first trip here. and also notice that our little finny fan's picture is up on farmland's home page.  :)


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hello, monday.

hello, fall.

we are having a lovely, windows-open, candle burning kind of fall morning.
yesterday was the first day of fall and it actually feels like it.
high's in the upper 70's is pretty perfect in my book. :)

i do love how cozy a house feels in the fall.
i pulled down my few fall decorations yesterday afternoon.
i still need to get a mum and some pumpkins for the front porch.
does anyone know how i can not kill a mum?
seriously, i have a black thumb.
i need your tips.

these are phone pics so they're not profesh, but you get the idea.
it's fall up in here. :)

ruby actually sat still for a few minutes and cuddled with aj while he was watching football.
his dream come true. ;)

one of our favorite traditions is homemade pizza on sunday nights.
i use aj's mom's recipe...it's simple and yummy. {p.s. i like the packets of pizza crust yeast}

a pretty nice first day of fall, i say. :)
i'm ready now...ready for pumpkins and hay rides and yummy food.

want to get in the fall spirit with me?
lindsay at pen & paint has a cutie patootie free fall printable.
thanks lindsay! :)

happy fall, y'all!

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fall baby

 sissy is fourteen months old today.

she's as sweet and pretty as ever.
she tottles her little self all over the place.
girl has places to go and things to see.

it thrills my soul that she loves the outdoors.
it's her favorite place.
like mama, like daughter.
still can't believe i have a daughter.

we seem to be having indian summer this week.

so thankful for more time to play outside and enjoy fall up close.

ruby is slowwwly but surely getting some more hair.
it's so sweet and soft and has an ever so slight curl to the ends.

yep.
we love her.

happy tuesday, friends.

have a lovely day....

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instafriday

this week has been a little more chill.
i need to get better at scheduling.
i know that AJ and i both need at least one night during the week that is just our family at home, nothing going on.
we've had far too many weeks this fall with something going on every single week night.
not good for my sanity, peeps. not good.
this mama needs some space and down time.
thankfully this week has been one of those weeks.


so....i finally decided i needed to get myself in gear and start working with sawyer on preschool stuff.
he loves to do it and i need to make the time for it.

this week, while the big boys were busy doing their school work, sawyer and i pulled out the preschool books.
my little lefty sure is cute learning to write his letters. ;)

speaking of sawyer....this kid has ideas.
he wears a cape or some sort of costume every day of the week.
he wore a trash bag as a cape to walmart last weekend.
this was his outfit of choice on tuesday....

sawyer is very much his own person and i love it.
i love the innocence of three years old.
i remember when avery and finley used to dress up every day.
miss those days, but it sure is fun to get to live it again with sawyer.

tuesday was AJ's birthday so the littles and i took him out to lunch.
i love getting to see him in the middle of the day.
we are so in love. ;)

that night we celebrated his birthday at home with our little family.
i made cheesecake because aj's birthday = cheesecake.
a birthday calls for the best ever cheesecake. 

AJ spent a lot of his birthday evening playing hide and seek with the boys.

he is the best daddy to our kids. 

i see him in there reading books to his boys and i stand in the doorway and think, "wow. they have it all."

they have no idea what they have or how good they have it.

do they need anything else in this life?

i am so very thankful for this man.

so thankful that we get him to be ours.

so thankful that our children grow up with a loving, doting, engaged daddy. 

and lastly lets have an obligatory fall tree shot....from our yard!

fall in the ozarks is breathtaking. 

i need to drive around with my big camera this weekend and take some pictures of the crimson red trees.

they are amazing.

the boys made a big leaf pile under that tree yesterday. 

one of my favorite things in all the world is watching all three of my boys play together. 

welp, i think it's gonna be a cool, fall day today. 

i think i better build a fire. 

and wear a sweater and boots. 

happy friday y'all!!

{p.s.} thank you so much for reading and commenting......it really means so much. :)

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