Emma Krumbie's Fall Festival - Family Tradition

It has long become our tradition.

Long being, as long as we've had kids anyway!

Honest to God, I look back now and I can barely remember them being so little.

Not much changes out at Emma Krumbie's - 

Except maybe the size of our kids?

HA!

Hailey & Derek - Emma Krumbie's Fall 2009

Derek at Emma Krumbie's - Fall 2013

They still have their super cool Scare Crow Festival ~ 

Many times, the scarecrows are relevant to the current events - 

Others are just plain fun to see!

For now, the kids still fit in the barrel train ~ 

But I'm pretty sure this is the last year for the John Deere Tricycles!

 oh how they've grown...

it was just 2009, why does it seem like light years ago?

Honestly.

I blinked.

I wonder how long my kids will want to hang out on a random Saturday afternoon with us?

For now, we soak it all in...

All of it.

We revel in the togetherness.

Looking back on how far we've come ...

Thankfully, she no longer insists on wearing Pajamas everywhere she goes!

Remember THAT phase?

And hope that for a little while longer, our kids won't think we are too old to hang out with!

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Punkin Carvin' ~

Halloween sort of snuck up on us this year -
October weather was absolutely AMAZING & before we knew it...

We were at the end of the month -

I almost didn't buy pumpkins this year - no one here is really all that into it, and I really only do it because, well,

everyone else is.

We've sort of got a pumpkin tradition - and I wasn't quite ready to break it just yet ~

So, I tossed a couple of pumpkins in the cart at the grocery store...

They both sort of pretended to help - but they couldn't have cared less.

And because they were too big last year to sit on the table (and WOW! Where on earth did I buy that massive pumpkin!) - The annual pumpkin picture had to be taken outside instead.

I just love love love going back and seeing how much they've grown, how far we've come.

I mean, REALLY?

Even if they aren't too into it these days, I think one day they'll enjoy going back and looking at the pictures of them each and every year via our blog books...

And maybe, if I'm lucky, one day I'll be just hanging out watching them while THEY are doing the actual pumpkin carving?