So here is our first trip ever to a pumpkin patch, in October of 2005 at Hidden Vally Farm in Arkansas, when Charley was only ten months old. Wouldn't you believe that we forgot to bring our camera that day, but luckily my high-tech husband had a phone that took okay pictures (which was a much bigger deal in '05 :)).
By the next year, October 2006, Zander had joined the family and was a whopping three months old. We went back to the same farm in Arkansas, except this year Brian's sister, Jennifer, joined us and we had a fabulous time.
In October 2007, we had only been in Hawaii a few months, but we quickly got the digs on the island's sole pumpkin patch at Aloun Farm, which is only a few minutes from our neighborhood. It was a little different wearing shorts and flip-flops and sweating our butts off to find pumpkins, but we managed somehow. :)
Finally that brings us to this year. Bev was able to join us on this trip, and even though it was a little muddier (thanks to an early morning rain) than last year, the cooler temperatures (thanks to the clouds) definitely made things more enjoyable and everyone had a blast. Here's the crew heading out to the pumpkin fields . . .
Had to make a pit stop at the giant tomato!
Is this one too big guys?
This is going to be a tough choice . . . 
Finally found the perfect pumpkins . . . 
Zander could not help but stop and stare in awe at this piece of farm equipment (yes, he's all boy that one). He actually wanted to ride on this thing, but I had to fib and tell him it was broken so that we didn't end the morning on a meltdown.
As we were getting ready to head out, Zander made a new little friend who wanted to share her white pumpkin with him. I love the way he is looking at her . . .
Next comes the best part . . . carving the pumpkins!!
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