Its Pumpkin Time

We are excited for another fun year of pumpkining (if that is a word). We look forward to this every year. We spent the past 4 months, planting, weeding and weeding, preparing, picking, weeding one last time, and last but not least selling. We love to meet new families that come, to see the joy on the kids faces, to recognize regular customers, and to see our children get so excited each time there is a knock at the door that there are "pumpkin customers". Everyone gets on their jackets and heads out to help. I am sure it is slightly overwhelming for some people, but my kids love it!!! My kids also insist on being the first to pick out their pumpkins and put them on the porch. I think it is becoming a contest of who can get the biggest one. Sorry Dakota's picture isn't turned, but you can see the pumpkin is large.

Cameron loves to ride on the tractor, and eat the candy. I have to tell him he can only have one each time, or else he would have turned into a sucker by now :)

This is it--the biggest one in the patch. Braxton had to have it, and he couldn't even lift it. We started out with 12 of these big guys, and now have 5 left after being open now for 5 days. They are popular.

This is Cameron, me, Kiley, and Dakota (Braxton is turning into a monster to get to agree to a photo). We loved getting our picture taken with "the great pumpkin." The whole opening night was so fun and we had a lot of support.

This is the family who was there opening night (we missed Tara who was partying in New York

:(, but we will catch her next year I am sure. Shane and Dad were off doing what men do I guess, but they were here somewhere.

All in all I am very happy that 4 years ago I came up with this idea and look forward to doing it for many years to come. Every dollar goes toward the boys mission/college fund and they and we appreciate it very much. It is also good to have a family project that we work on together and hopefully instill a little work ethic in these three boys.