Packs Pumpkin Patch

My SIL, Heather Pack Brown, has a family pumpkin path down in Farmington. We go every year since she has been a member of the family. It keeps getting more publicity, so it gets busier every year, but it is so quaint and as Dave says: "This is so much better than picking out your pumpkin from a bin in front of Dicks Market!" They have a huge field and pumpkins strewn all over, you just walk around with your little wagon and pick the one you want. They also have activities for the kids to do; a maze, photo op spots and it is such a festive fall atmosphere. Hailey was very picky about her pumpkin, she would meander through the vast field with someone in tow and when they would point out a pumpkin to her she would look at it and say: "It's dirty!" and she didn't even want to touch it! We ended up picking out one for her, but if she won't even touch the outside what will she say about all the guts and seeds inside??





After we finished at the Patch we went to Ryan and Heather's for dinner. As we were eating I thought how grateful I am that I live so close to family. Hailey loves to go over to her Aunt and Uncles house and play and feed their fish. She goes up and down the stairs, in and out of rooms, ohhs over their bath tub that looks more like a mini-swimming pool! I love that as my siblings and I are getting older, we seem to have more in common. No more bickering over who gets to sit in the front seat of the car when we go somewhere or who got the heartier serving of dessert! I so enjoy sitting around the table and talking to my family. Although; it is a bit stressful trying to feed 2 kids dinner (Preston now does cereal twice a day) and eat and have a dinner conversation, but luckily there are plenty of hands around to help. I really hope that once Dave gets his MBA we can move into a home in Davis County. I love that my kids are growing up around extended family; they know who they are and my aunts/uncles/cousins/grandparents love having kids around again. The old adage is true "Blood is thicker than water" Family is always there when you need them. It is nice to have someone else to rely on that I know loves my kids almost as much as I do!