Fun Down On The Farm

As I mentioned in my last post, the people of Utah embrace Halloween and spirit of autumn.  There is a working farm nearby called Wheeler Farm.  Here they have all types of farm animals, machinery, tools, old buildings, etc. to show what life was like on a farm (fortunately for Andy and I, we can pass that down to our kids rather easily from our childhoods in Pennsylvania!)

The farm offers a variety of fall-themed activities for all ages.  I was able to snag tickets for the maze, pumpkin and wagon ride for $3.50/person instead of the $7/person they typically charge.  Gotta love City Deals, Groupons, etc.!  We decided to take the kids this morning and enjoy some time in the beautiful sunshine while taking in the changing colors of the leaves with the incredible Wasatch in the background.

See how Kendall is looking away from the camera?

The kids had fun getting lost in the maze and picking out their pumpkins afterwards.  We were fortunate that the guy who ran the farm was there and offered us an extra pumpkin since we only had three, but there were four of us in our family.  What a sweet man.

Notice Kendall's tongue in this one...

Lost in the maze...while trying to terrorize a poor rooster!

After we put our pumpkins in the car, we walked around and I snapped a few (thousand) photos.  I took my tripod in an attempt to capture at least one or two family photos...If you've ever tried to capture my daughter in a posed smile, you are lucky!  She will say "cheese" while she's looking in a completely different direction than the camera.  Poor Riley.  He tries so hard to keep a smile while we're waiting for her to cooperate.

The kids love playing around in this tree, but it's a rather popular spot for photographers so we had to sneak in and snap a few while there was a quick break in the action.

After our rather unsuccessful photo shoot, we headed over to take a wagon ride.  The kids enjoyed riding around the grounds of the farm and checking out their Halloween decorations.

You'd never know by this picture that I had my daughter looking like a million bucks when we left the house...well, I take that back, if you know my daughter, you know why she no longer looks like a million bucks...check out her wild hair!

It was a fantastic day for a family outing to Wheeler Farm.  It appears that the weather may be changing this week and we wanted to get outside as much as we could before it turns colder (more fall-like weather).  It was 76 degrees and full sun at 1 pm today!  It felt much warmer than that though!  Maybe next time I'll have Kevin come along and snap the photos or learn to bribe my little girl with fruit snacks...

"CHEESE!"

Hope you and your families are enjoying fall as much as we are...Fall happens to be my favorite time of the year...apples, pumpkins, cinnamon smells everywhere, color landscapes, wedding anniversary, football games, crisp, cool air and sunny skies...What's not to love?