Weekend With Grandma & Grandpa

My parents came to Logan for a long weekend! It was so
nice to have them here and it was so sad to see them go
but they needed to get back to San Diego and the fires.
I tried to keep my camera close by, so here is a little storyline
of our FUN weekend together!


Let me vent for a minute....Why aren't there any REAL
pumpkin patches in Cache Valley??? I really don't understand
how we can have real pumpkin patches in San Diego, but not
in Logan, UT. I mean SD is so metropolitan and Logan is so
rural, it just doesn't make sense.

So after looking all over this county for a pumpkin patch, we
end up at Smith's Marketplace (a local grocery store). Not
quite what I had in mind, but I guess it worked. We put Rian
in the middle of the pumpkins to take her pictures. She didn't
really like it as you can see. Oh well :)



So we headed home to carve our pumpkin. It was so fun
to see Rian's reaction to this. I love the look on her face in
this first picture...What is this yucky stuff inside? Then
she is gives her Grandma Lois the cutest face!

Wow it's all clean inside!

As I was separating the pumpkin seeds (so we could bake

them!), Rian was so interested in what I was doing. I think

she like the mushy feeling on her little hand and fingers.

Then she decided to take a bit. Sick! I wish I would have

snapped a picture of her face after this taste test!

The next night we took my parents to the local "Pumpkin

Walk". This was the first time for all of us and it was really

cool, but exceptionally cold...like in the high 30's. But my

Mom and I really wanted to go, so we dragged Matt and my

Dad along :)

I know this is really cheesy, but we had to do it! Click on the

individual pics to enlarge it, so you can see Rian's face in both

of them. She is such a little pistol! She is so happy and has the

cutest smile ever! We love her so much! I also made Matt

pose for the Clifford picture, but come on, that's what you do

when you are a Daddy, right???

For those of you who don't live in Logan, this is what they

do at the "Pumpkin Walk". Members of the community

make these awesome scenes out of pumpkins. There are

about 20 or so scenes throughout the park. I loved

the Sesame Street one! Click on it to see all the details!

After freezing our booties off at the Pumpkin Walk, I dragged

everyone to get some Aggie Ice Cream. Who doesn't want

ice cream when it's 30 degrees outside??? It's something

you have to experience here in Logan no matter what time of

year. We all enjoyed a huge scoop of Aggie Blue Mint. And

Grandma offered to share with Rian. Yummy! By the looks

of it, I think Rian enjoyed it!