Johnstons Pumpkin Patch with the Ingmires!

Last Saturday we last minute planned a pumpkin patch adventure with Steven, Lindsey, and Liv Ingmire. None of us had ever been to a patch before, so we were all VERY excited ( I think Lindsey and I were the most excited). We all piled into their car packed with sandwiches for lunch and snacks and off we went!
Lyla had never really met or played with Liv (they are in different classes at church), so the night before I got on Facebook to show Lyla some pictures of her new friend! She was very excited and woke up the next morning talking about getting to see Liv. Here are some pictures of the event. :)

This is before we left. We thought it was going to be a bit on the cool side (low 70's with wind) so we let Lyla wear one of her new jackets. However, It was not cool at all. Rather warm actually. So we shed the cute jacket right away. Anyway, Here are some cute "poses" from Lyla with her new outfit. The one on the right was all her! I think she was tired of me taking pictures and she just flashed a half-smile at me. haha

This was the decoration at the entrance. They had so many opportunities for pictures! You will see what I mean as you scroll down. :)

 Lyla and Liv held hands constantly for the first 15 minutes. They were bonding :)

 Lyla picked this up and brought it to me. It weighed about 8 or 9 pounds! This is her "this is heavy mom!" face.

 All the pumpkins were pre-picked, and there were some piles of pumpkins that Lyla and Liv climbed on.

 SUNFLOWERS! It didn't look like their field turned out as well as hoped (only half the field grew and bloomed), but it was still beautiful. Lyla ran into the field and played a little hide and seek for a couple minutes.

 I do not remember what Lyla is pointing at, but she was getting pretty hot about this time and wasn't smiling for pictures too often. Still thought this was a good one of her and Casey.

Walking across a bridge over a dried up creek.

 Sandi, you and Tim would be proud! They had a petting zoo and Lyla was not afraid of anything. She wanted to hold or touch every animal we were allowed to. She also did very well with these babies. She was very gentle and sweet.

 A view of the pumpkin patch. They put ALOT of work into this event. Like I said earlier, all the pumpkins were pre-picked. Then they placed them around some smaller plants to give the kids a feel of picking the pumpkins from an actual field.

 They also had quite a few scarecrows. This one had a basket with strawberries (plastic) in it. The girls enjoyed looking at it.

 Here is a display of The Wizard of Oz characters as scarecrows and yes, even a little yellow brick road.

 Lyla is exactly three feet tall! This was neat to have to document her height right before her third birthday. :)

 Pretty bright orange and dark green pumpkins.

Ring toss game.

 This was a little building called "Pumpkin Elementary" I think. All inside it was painted with chalkboard paint for the kids to color on! What a great idea! The girls played in there for while.

Lindsey and Steven poking through the window.

These were some really neat pumpkins. Luminsomething or other and Cinderella pumpkins.

Riding in a wagon to the Hayride!!

Cute family photo + Lyla. Liv was very tired and hungry by this point. We were leaving after the hayride.

This was really cute! Lyla was excited to see the tractor and trailer!!! She was too short to look over the top with out one of us holding her, so she did some problem solving and found her own way!

Family Photo!!!