Tuesday, October 19, 2010

(Fall) Weekend in Review

Short road trip.
Comfortable temperatures.
Sunshine.
Pretty Leaves.
Pumpkins.
Friends.
A perfect fall weekend.

We stopped for a little dairy on the way to Madison.


Then, Memphis and I dropped Brad off to go to the Badger game with a friend.





I had dinner with my mom and sister and stopped for a little pie and some shopping (tights, cloth napkins, and an Advent calendar).

Sunday was when the real fun was had.


We didn't quite make it in time for the pig races, but we did catch the pumpkin cannon, hayride, and small maze.

Lunch was oh-so-healthy.

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Behold, the magic pumpkin cannon. It doesn't look like much, but this baby can launch a pumpkin seriously far. Justin used the lure of the pumpkin cannon to be sure that Brad understood just how cool the pumpkin patch really is.


We took a hayride to find the perfect pumpkins.

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Then, we tried the corn maze. Correction - we tried the "small" corn maze which somehow we never managed to find our way our of. Well, that's not entirely true. We did find our way out of the entrance.

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Even though she was pretty shy, Miri was totally irresistible all day long.


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Em took tons of shots with my camera. I don't usually end up with any pictures of myself, so it was fun to look through and see that there were pictures of me.





 And, a couple more fun fall shots - compliments of Em.


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We finished the weekend with a great dinner at home (chicken with pinot noir sauce and mushroom, leek, and lemon risotto).

4 comments:

Beth said...

Sounds delightful!

sarah said...

looks like a really fun time! and perfect weather too! love the picture of you with your little stack of pumpkins (squash? gourds?)!

justem said...

yay! i can't wait to see them all...after miri goes to bed tonight! and i'm with sarah...i really want to see the pumpkin tower when it's done! i need you to send me some of your decorative mojo!!

GretaB said...

I'm so embarrassed that it took me this long to make it back to your little corner of the www. Love the photos - looks like a ton of fun! And the healthy lunch is my idea of delicious. ;)