
Today we took a trip to Heavenly Harvest to take part in the annual Harvest Festival 2009! We had so much fun. For the sake of tradition, we went with Uncle Ben, Aunt Amy and your cousin Neli, and we were joined this year by Jarrod (a coworker/friend of your Dad’s who is visiting from North Carolina). We will be posting more pictures soon off of Jarrod’s camera, but here are a few to remember the day.

Jarrod, Uncle Ben and your Daddy made a pumpkin castle for the pictures, and then it became quite the hit with all the children waiting in line to take the “Pumpkin Express” back up the hill. We all had fun climbing on the pile of pumpkins!

You and Neli are the cutest kids we found to take pictures of on the pumpkin castle!

Here are the perfect pumpkins you two chose to take home. I think you did a great job! They are both unique and different from each other, but perfect in their own ways, just like the two of you! You both had so much fun rolling around in the muddy field, climbing on pumpkins, racing rubber ducks, chasing chickens, and riding on the wagon. What a busy day and I bet you will both sleep well tonight.
Here are a couple pictures from last year’s trip to the pumpkin patch. It is so amazing to think that this time last year, you weren’t even in the world yet and Neli was just a little baby. Now, one year later, you are both walking and came out covered in mud. What an amazing journey!

After a long and busy day, we came home to eat haystacks, which is kind of like a taco salad, followed by a little blackberry pie, compliments of Grammy Ginger, and some warm apple cider, thanks to Ben and Amy. Thanks Ben, Amy, Neli, and Jarrod for coming with us to the pumpkin patch.
What a perfect harvest day!
which you loved because you were free from the car seat and you got to watch where you were going, you went on your first carousel ride,
we drove the antique John Deere tractor that I learned to drive on,
and we went for a little hike at Hartwick Pines.
We also got to visit with your Great-Great Grandma, Betty.
You got to rock in your Grandma’s rocker that she had when she was a kid
and you got to eat in the highchair that was originally your Uncle Rob’s. You loved Great-Grandpa’s sweet corn;
you ate three ears in one sitting and one raw right out in the garden. We even got to have a little Birthday celebration a couple months early.
Among other things, you got your first laptop from Grandma, you played with Bucky, you played Great-Grandma’s keyboard,
you ate amazing amounts of really yummy food, went on nature walks,
and you stole the hearts of everyone we spent time with. It was a short trip including six airplane rides in 7 days, but it was well worth it.








