Bierwagen's Pumpkin Patch

A trip to the local Bierwagen's Pumpkin Patch.  

Fall Color, Part 2

Fall in Tahoe

Some photos down by the Truckee River and along the shore of Lake Tahoe.

Sugar Skull Class

Since Halloween sorta absorbs the month of October in our house (we can thank the Queen of Halloween for that), the boys were interested in taking a sugar skull class at the local Neva Co Artisan Boutique.  Here are a couple of photos of the boys, for more photos check out the Outside Inn blog post I wrote about the class.

Arata's Pumpkin Farm

A few photos from our trip to Arata's Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay.  The maze was not easy and while I'd love to say that after we tried every twist and turn that we managed to make it out at the correct finish, but the truth is Josh ran out of steam, so the two of us went out the emergency exit and while waiting for Dan and Ben, my dad suggested that Josh go in the exit and then we lost him.  We spent a solid 10 minutes running through the maze calling his name (because Dan and Ben had also opted for an emergency exit and were not on the same path as Josh).  In the end Dan went to the look out spot, found Josh and directed him towards an emergency exit.  So crisis resolved.  We rewarded ourselves for all the hard work with lunch at Duarte's and a bag of artichoke bread.  I posted a few other photos here. 

Celtic Festival

We went to the Celtic Festival at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.  Highlights include:

• Sausage rolls
• listening to music
• meeting Mary, Queen of Scots
• watching a bow and arrow 
• face painting
• playing on a pirate ship
• watching a fire breathing dragon sculpture
• ice cream
• watching a sheep dog demonstration
• learning about period costumes and armour

Ben, the Cub Scout

I have other fun photos from this month to share, but they keep slipping on the to do list, so in the mean time here's Ben... and his Den Leader is Dan!  I think the boys are going to have a lot of fun.