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  Every year we try to make it down to the pumpkin patch.  Just to walk through the field, to find a good pumpkin to take home, to sip some hot apple cider.  And of course for the great photo opportunity :)  Fall is such a beautiful time of year, and I love taking pictures with all of the bright fall colors!  Here are some pictures from our afternoon at Carleton Farm...  

We get some amazing sunrise and sunsets in Washington.  This morning, after taking the dog out, I ran back outside with my camera and got this shot of the sky.  It was beautiful - shades of orange with bright streaks of light....just gorgeous!  

Every year we head to a local pumpkin patch.  We are so lucky to live in a part of the country that is so beautiful, and has so many great farms!  The past few years we've travelled all of a mile or so LOL, to a great farm closeby...Carleton Farms.  We started off with some photos of us all...     ...then  headed to the patch to pick our pumpkins!  There were so many great pumpkins to choose from.  We all had a really tough time choosing....   ...all of us except Brandon of course :)  Within 3 minutes Brandon found "the one" and proceeded to add it to our wheelbarrow.      Next was Finley.  Mommy spotted HER pumpkin and Fin gave it the pat of approval.     Mommy had a much tougher time choosing.  There were so many there, and she wanted to get JUST the right one.  Which to choose, which to choose..... A hint:  mommy ended up going with th...

I love that Jem and Matthew are still good friends. It's been 8 years since we moved next door to them in Lake Stevens...and while they've since moved away, I've always been happy that our paths crossed. Our decision to purchase this house (instead of the one in Marysville) has made the course of our lives such that it is now....and I wouldn't trade it for anything :)

This past Friday, Brandon came home a little earlier from work....and since he was leaving for a 3 week long business trip, we decided to go on a family outing. Every year, around this time, we go to a local farm and select our pumpkins... and with the Seattle sun FINALLY coming out, it was the perfect day to do it. We didn't have far to go - we drove only a few minutes down the road to Carleton Farms, on Sunnyside Blvd. It was early enough that there were virtually no people around - so we had the whole patch to ourselves! Here are some pictures from our day...

Fall is such a fun time of year for us! It ties very closely to Summer as my favorite time of year...and here is one of the reasons why. Halloween is just around the corner (less than a week away!) and Brandon and Jem spent some time this morning perfecting their Jack'O'Lanterns! Brandon carved Jem's lil' pumpkin (from the pumpkin patch) and Jem did Daddy's. They came out pretty good, don't you think? Jem's is definitely spookier than Brandon's!

This past weekend we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. For the past 3 years we have visited "The Farm" in Snohomish....it has a great pumpkin field, a corn maze, hay rides, a kids area & lots of yummy & delicious food! Their hot apple cider and kettle corn is to die for! We went with Brandon's sister Sarah, her husband Justin and our niece River. After a LONG exhaustive search, Jem chose THIS 'attractively challenged' pumpkin as his own. It now sits on our porch uh 'beautifying' our front yard heehee. Cute cousins Jem and River on a GIANT pumpkin (yes it's real!). A fun day was had by all - so sayeth Mr and Mrs Carter *LOL*.