Pumpkin Patch

Elina and Anja and the ponies.

American tradition of visiting a farm and pumpkin field, going on a hay ride, getting lost and then found again in the corn maze and petting animals. The kids LOVED it. It was hard to photograph because of the 5 pm sun was extremely bright. Thanks Jensen's for inviting us! Elina's favorite was feeding the ponies straw. She opted out of the hayride to stay close to the horses. "I felt like the horses were mine. Like I was the one who took care of them," she said afterward. Isak loved the straw-bale mountain and the slides where he, Benjamin and Daniel jumped around and roughhoused. Anja loved the animals too - not just the horses but also the calves, rabbits and chickens. But her favorite activity was probably the horse/tire swing. She picked mud, after choosing a pumpkin, and tried to feed the mud to a pony...

"More straw?"

Gotta love that Oklahoma sky!

Elina and brand new friend Emily considering the bumpy slide. And that sign is a joke, btw.

Fisher and Jensen kids in the corn maze.

Anja's favorite thing.

Isak is practicing for Halloween. When he isn't practicing his whip, he is a remarkably tender brother to the sleeping beauty below. He just adores her.

Julia 4 months. I wish she spent just a little more time doing this.

Elina found a turtle last week that she kept in the back yard for a few days, until it escaped. Have I mentioned she loves animals? She was in tears the first night he spent in our yard because "Red Nose" as she called him, had to stay outside in the rain.