Sunday Funday: Fall Fun

It might still be 80 degrees here but we wanted to partake in some fall fun so today we headed to Holland Farms with our good friends Charlie and Elizabeth.

We went to Holland Farms last year and while it wasn't the best, it had a hayride and a pumpkin patch, which was all we were concerned with.  We decided to head there again this year and it turned out to be even better than last year.  It would have been even more fun if we had a little one because they have a lot more for kids to do now (like a mini zip line!).  But regardless, we got a hayride, a pumpkin, and a sunflower!!!

We arrived, bought our wristband, waited in line and enjoyed the hayride around the farm, which also took us through the woods (???)

Awkward pose lol

He stopped and got out and explained to us how peanuts are planted, grown, and harvested.

Here he is pulling up the peanuts.  He brought them over for us to try.  They had been out in the sun (purposefully) and were really dry.

Then we hopped off the wagon and scoured the pretty bare pumpkin patch for our perfect pumpkins.  (It's obvious they give their best pumpkins to stores or churches or somewhere because there were far too few pumpkins out there.)  Around this time it started to rain so we quickly found a pumpkin then headed over to the sunflowers and chopped some down for ourselves to take home.  It was hard to find the smallest ones (I wanted them for vases) but I managed.  We snapped a few quick pictures then it was back to the car to head home.

I had a really good time but wish it would have been cooler.  It's hard to get into the fall-like events when it's 80+ degrees outside and you're in short sleeves, capris, and flip flops.  But because I love these fall things, I refused to not wear a scarf.  I didn't care that the back of my neck was sweating.  Scarves represent fall (in the fashion world anyway) and I was going to wear one no matter how hot it was!!!!

Now to decide what to carve on my pumpkin???


We finished off our Sunday Funday with the Walking Dead!!!  Season 3 Premiere was on tonight so we invited over some friends to watch it with us (so they wouldn't have to find it online the next day).  Unfortunately, it aired during the Cardinals game so after Walking Dead, we went back and watched the game that we DVRed and we won Game 1 of the NLCS!!!!

Now THAT is what I call a Sunday Funday.... my husband, good friends, fall fun, Walking Dead, and a Cardinals win!