Pumpkin Pickin' and Corn Mazin'

This is the first year that we were able to go and "pick" our pumpkins for carving. We bought some gift certificates for half off to this u-pick pumpkin place just south of town. I thought we were going to actually pick our pumpkins off the actual vine, but we get there and there are just pumpkins laid out in random piles all over. Kind of disappointing, but the kids still had fun picking their perfect pumpkin.


We brought along our little neighbor boy, Talon, if you were wondering who the new addition was in these pictures!

Jacob tackling the top of the kiddie straw maze:

Mia finding a quick way out of the maze:

Ethan getting the straw out of his shoes:

Mia just riding a tractor just her size:

Asia having fun in the maze:

That night we decided to go with some friends and go to the corn maze just outside of Shelley. Mike won these tickets from the radio station. We went out to dinner to Mrs. Powells and then it was off to the dust bowl. There was a thin layer of dust everywhere so the kids basically had a bath in dust the whole time. We started with the second hardest maze which was about 2 miles. The kids liked finding the different check points throughout the maze. Then we decided to do another shorter maze which turned into a longer maze because we got lost! Ha! The kids were pretty done after that one! I think their favorite thing was this little train ride:

Jacob could've rode this thing the whole time and been content:

Asia and Mia after their fun train ride:
Mia and Ethan after the train ride:

It was a pretty fun day with perfect weather! This is not usually the case the end of October in Idaho. But we enjoyed it while it lasted...