Fall is here!

Fall has arrived!  How do I know, you ask.  Well, September 21st has come and gone, ads for Thanksgiving are on TV, the weather is starting to cool down a little (finally), orange decorations are popping up on all the local businesses, school sickness has attacked our children, and the Mosmans went to Bates Nut Farm again to get some pumpkins and enjoy some Fall festivities.

After Amy got home last Sunday, it was all sunshine and roses until Monday evening when RJ got sick (nothing would stay down).  A few hours later, Ryleigh also got sick.  Lucky for us, we got to spend most of the night each with a child in his/her room alternating between sleeping lightly and holding a trash can in front of him/her.  Fun!  The next day, they both got some much needed rest and slowly recovered.  This is what Amy saw of them most of the day.

Last year, shortly after we arrived back in the United States, we heard of this place called Bates Nut Farm which is located about an hour north of our house.  It's a working farm where they to harvest nuts and other various crops, but this time of year, it's all about PUMPKINS and Halloween.  We went last year and enjoyed it enough that we vowed to return this year.

Today's visit was even more special because they had an antique tractor and engine display complete with an antique tractor parade.  We all had a very good time!  Here are a few pictures from our day.

We picked out four small pumpkins to carve later this month, but that will be a topic of a future blog.  We're looking forward to more Fall events in the next few months.  It's a great time of year.

Enjoy your Fall!
-Jip