Liepolds

I really do love the rain and have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of fall's cozy, rainy days. However, seeing as how it's been dry for months, I was hoping that it would hold off for just one more day, since today was the day we set aside to go to Liepolds, the day the kids had off school and Greg took vacation. The forecast called for rain starting mid-morning, so we went first thing this morning and narrowly escaped the downpour. We felt a few raindrops on the way back to our car, but that was it--perfect timing. So, now that we've had our outing, it can rain all it wants! Soccer games should be fun tomorrow. :)

All four kids enjoyed the corn maze (animal theme this year), taking turns choosing direction at each fork. Grant is one of the big kids now and only asked to be carried for the last few minutes. Where did my baby go?

Greg succeeded in hitting the target in the apple slingshot/pull this year and won us a free pumpkin. Four for the price of three! The kids already picked out pumpkins from Grandpa A's pumpkin "patch," so we have plenty of pumpkins on our front porch--some for carving and some for fall/Thanksgiving decoration, too. They say we can never have too many pumpkins.

I love this one of all four.
 

I had to think for a bit and go through pictures to figure out how many years we've been doing this. Can you believe this was year SEVEN?? It's such a fun family tradition. We'll see how many more years they'll all think it's fun. :)