PUMPKIN PATCH...one of my most favorite things!

When I was a single lady  I would always dream of the days when I was married and had children. I dreamt about fun things like 4th of July Fireworks, Pumpkin Patches, Birthday Parties, and Christmas Morning.  For some reason I associated these events with family and kiddos.  Now that God has given me my own little family I treasure times when I can live out my dreams.  The Annual Pumpkin Patch Day is one of my most, most favorite days.  This year it was spur of the moment because our weekends are booked solid with out of town trips, My cousins wedding, fishing trips, etc. So when I saw a small window of opportunity to hit the pumpkin patch early in the season my mom and I jumped on it.  

As you can tell in the seqenece of my photos we were on borrowed time because a storm was a brewing!  We had just about 1.75 hours before the storm took over our plans.  We crammed as much as the fall fest into our morning.  Will and Zach loved every minute and are still begging to go back. One perk to going to the Patch in September is we can go back in October...if we have a free moment! 

 Sometimes you just gotta take time to smell the Roses Mums!

 Poor Will tried to pick up ALL the big pumpkins!

Zach & Will's Pirate Party!

On Friday September 20th we celebrated both of the boys birthdays with our family.  We hosted it at our house and had the best time!  I usually ask the boys what theme they want for their birthday but this year I totally picked it myself! I wanted something that worked for both of the boys at age 2 & 7 AND I wanted to use items we already owned. I chose PIRATE party because we had almost everything I needed!  

Zachary's only request was ROOTBEER!  He loves root beer. I can't stand it.  We never buy it.  The only time I liked it was when I was pregnant with him. Go figure!  Zach insisted pirates love root beer and we couldn't have a party without it.  

Will's pirate cake

Zach's pirate cake (Strawberry)

Birthday Boy WILL!

These two cousins are best friends.  They were so excited to see each other!

I found a great deal for a bounce house rental on an online website.  I decided since I was combining the boys parties at our house that I could rent a bouncer for just them.  THEY LOVED IT!

It was also my brother-in-law's birthday so we wanted to celebrate him too! Happy Birthday Uncle Matt!

We had a pirate photo booth. It was the hit of the party for both the young and old!

Group Photo!  There's nothing like seeing your grandparents dress like pirates to celebrate your children.

We are so blessed to have our family close. We are also blessed that they love and adore Zach & Will.  After their party I could hardly go to sleep because I was overjoyed with emotions for each of these individuals who love us so much!