Pumpkin Patch

This year was our 6th year of the pumpkin patch. I cant even believe how the time flies. Dakota was only 6 months old when the idea began and 18 months when we opened for the first time. Braxton had just turned four when we opened,in fact if I remember right we did his party and opened on the same day. We have had a great run so far! I cant believe the amount of support we get from friends and family and how many people we have met that we now consider friends from the pumpkin patch. So many regulars who come every year, so many people who have taken the same awesome photos every year and now can see their children grow in our very own backyard.

I love the patch and everything it is. I love the work we get to put into it every year teaching our boys the power of hard labor. I love the time we spend getting things ready and planning. I love all the people we meet and the joy on the children's faces when they run out in the backyard.

This year at the opening day party, Chloe told her dad when Shane turned off the movie that "Now the pumpkin lady comes through the patch". He had no idea what she was saying because he had not been here, but statements just like that are why we do this. I love that kids remember what they did last year and look forward to coming next year. They have expectations and I love trying to living up to them.

Mostly I love having some money for the boys missions. If you add up doing this from the time Brax was 4 until he leaves at 19, I hope to have a lot of savings for their missions and that it will mean an extra lot to them, because they worked all their lives for just one goal, a goal that will change their lives. It will make them better fathers, and men and I hope they appreciate what the pumpkin patch did to help them get there.