Pumpkin Patch

Today Colin and I embarked on his second ever outing to a pumpkin patch....and boy was it going to be great!   Over the past few weeks I have resisted the urge to buy "that perfect pumpkin" at Trader Joes because I wanted Colin to have the whole "pumpkin patch experience".  :)

So we started our morning at Starbucks with each of us getting our own hot apple cider and then headed the 7 miles to a local family farm.

Once there we were greeted with cows and beautiful fall colored trees lining the entrance to the dirt parking lot that's next to the large family home.

Once inside the farm, we grabbed a cute, rusty 'ol wagon and headed out to pick our own pumpkins!

We passed goats, pigs, emu's, and a llama - named Pilgrim.

The first stop was grabbing a pair of clippers to cut our pumpkins from the vine ~ love it!

And here's what we chose, out of the hundreds to choose from.....

Satisfied with our findings, and ready to get out of the hot sun, we headed to the play area!

And after two and a half hours of pumpkin patch FUN, it was time to go...with promises of returning next year!

Thank you Pumpkin Patch for making today all I had hoped it would be!

Fall & All It's Yummi-ness

Fall is HERE!! 

(Gorgeous Anchorage, AK in the Fall)

Ever since living in Alaska and celebrating the days up there with two extremely dear friends, Amy and Rachel, fall has become one of my favorite seasons.  I appreciate the cooler weather, the reds and oranges and browns of the season, the smells of pumpkin spice and cinnamon apples, the time to be more still and cozy with family, and of course the delish foods that I can only justify making this time of year.  :)

These are some recipes (old and new) that I'm looking forward to baking....

* Pumpkin Bars w/ Chocolate Cream-Cheese Frosting (minus the nuts on top)

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* Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

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* Pumpkin Pie

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* Hot Spiced Apple Cider

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If you have a favorite fall recipe, I'd love to try it!!  Please leave it as a comment below for me and everyone else to dig into!  :)

My favorite picture of me and my mom making sugar cookies at Christmas time...I think I'm 2 1/2 yrs. old.  Love you Mom!!