Hit the pumpkin patch..

   Wonderful Saturday spent at the pumpkin patch. Hit it as soon as it opened, and other than being a bit warmer than usual (we normally go mid Oct) it was a great time!! Kaya of course had to pose in every cutout, ride a wild Mustang that had been rescued from Nevada, ride the pumpkin train around the farm, popcorn, slide down the massive slide,checked out the farm animals, played in the "corn box" (instead of sand they have corn lol) and then take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. We have always teased Steve about his quest for the biggest pumpkin lmbo This years crop was smaller but he found a 21 pounder and said "this tiny one will have to do"..he cracks me up. Kaya found a smaller squash and went with that. I chose a white pumpkin this year.
   On the way back home stopped at a historical park nestled back in the rural area and had a picnic lunch. Kaya loved it. It's a very peaceful place.
   Today we had to round out our jumpstart into fall with a visit to our favorite apple/produce place. Kaya selected her apples, a gallon of fresh applecider, we had to get the handmade caramels for Steve and both had to have a caramel apple :) It's officially fall at the Hacienda...we have pumpkins, gourds, caramels, caramel apples....a new recipe going in the crockpot (tangy pork loin that I'm serving with garden fresh corn on the cob, garden fresh sweet potatoes, our homegrown tomatoes) and started the day out with a morning treat: homemade cherry cheese danish :) No complaints.
  Sooo now we are geared up for fall. :)