Festivals

Pleasant Valley Farms Winter Squash and Pumpkin Festival~Sand Springs, OK

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Pumpkin patches are such a fun cheap way to entertain kids!

I do not remember this being a thing when I was a kid.

Of course a trip to the pumpkin patch meant my mom’s garden…

This is our third year going to theĀ Pleasant Valley Farms Winter Squash and Pumpkin Festival in Sand Springs and I still like it. It is a quiet out in the middle of the country kind of place and the drive alone is worth it. We don’t really do a bunch of things that cost money at these places.

But there is always something fun to do for free.

This place always has fun games for the kids to play. Rubber duck races. Corn bin. Bull riding/bouncing? Watching someone chuck a pumpkin. This one even has a small maze that is free.

They have animals also which is always fun for my poor non farm kids šŸ˜‰

Are you a pumpkin patch fan?

This is a fun event, you should check it out next year or check out their pumpkin patch this year!

 

My Family

Boys vs. Girls

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While in Minnesota last month our kids got a chance to play a lot with their cousins up there.

I barely saw my boys, they were either playing video games or out in the woods doing who knows what.

I finally decided to be brave and see what they were doing.

They were attacking each other on barrels…

Probably did not need to see that.

What were the girls doing at that exact same moment?

Learning dance moves to songs…

Cracked me up.


Sometimes they are playing crazy like their brothers but other times they are doing this.

HA



And checking out Grandpa’s fishing tackle.


Riding the mule.


And learning dance steps…

They have been singing the bits and pieces of the song their cousin taught them non stop for a month.

Um, thanks?

Camping, Hiking, My Family

No more steps…

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After driving and seeing a lot the previous day we had a pretty laid back day planned for the next one.

By we, I mean me.

Nick basically just goes where I say on trips. Ha

We headed up North again but not as far.

We basically stopped at all the tourist shops and went on one hike at Cascade River State Park.

I was pretty much done with steps after that.

There are so many amazing waterfalls along the north shore but that means a LOT of stairs…

So after several days of stairs I decidedĀ to take it easy on my back and to avoid anymore stairs which meant no more waterfalls.

The town of Grand Marais is such a cute little town right on the water.

We stopped at the Lake Superior Trading Post there and then headed back south with no idea what we were going to do next.

We stopped at rest area on our way back south and ended up at a great beach to look for rocks.

Cut Face Creek Wayside RestĀ  The kids went crazy looking for rocks and we ended up picking up a book on agates to learn more.

Because you know I can’t pass up on a good educational opportunity…

Only our oldest had really shown an interest in rocks before that so I thought he would be the only one really excited but all the kids liked it. We also ended up stopping at Beaver Bay Agate Shop and I highly recommend it if you have a rock collector and are in the area.

They had some of the most beautiful rocks and even had a little museum!

Someone in a state park visitor center told us about it and I am so glad we went!

Sometimes my girls propensity to strike up conversations with complete strangers pays off!

This was our last day on the north shore, we headed back south west to Nick’s parents the next day!

I know the winters are brutal up there but every time we go I struggle with leaving.

Such a beautiful area!