This past Sunday Chloe and I drove down to Owatonna to visit Stacy and their new puppy, Vinny.  We had a blast.  The puppy is just sooooo adorable and super sweet–the perfect puppy for them.  And Chloe had such a great time playing with the puppy and with Stacy’s husband, Bryan.  🙂  He was a really good sport and entertained Chloe for quite some time.

We chatted for a while and then all 4 of us drove out to a nearby pumpkin patch.  It was an absolutely perfect day.  We walked all around the field looking for perfect pumpkins then watched the pumpkin launcher and looked at all of the activities they had available (none of which we actually did since they all cost extra $).  All in all a fun outing!

Now for pictures!

Here's the collection of pumpkins we took home!

Here’s the collection of pumpkins we took home!

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Sign--I like the giant pumpkin

Sign–I like the giant pumpkin

pretty landscaping

pretty landscaping

 

pretty girl by the pretty landscaping

pretty girl by the pretty landscaping

 

The pumpkin launcher!  We watched it twice

The pumpkin launcher! We watched it twice

 

There was an adorable measure chart that you could take yearly pictures by--it was a wee bit sunny!

There was an adorable measure chart that you could take yearly pictures by–it was a wee bit sunny!

 

How tall am I?

How tall am I?

 

and what about Stacy?

and what about Stacy? (Isn’t she cute and fall looking? ;))

 

And let's see how tall Bryan is too!  Even though it doesn't look like it--he was having fun, I promise!

And let’s see how tall Bryan is too! Even though it doesn’t look like it–he was having fun, I promise!

 

Searching for the perfect pumpkin

Searching for the perfect pumpkin

 

Stacy contemplating her pumpkin picks... she was deep in thought

Stacy contemplating her pumpkin picks… she was deep in thought

 

Part of the kids playground area

Part of the kids playground area

 

Look!  We're corn in disguise!

Look! We’re corn in disguise!

 

It's a posing stalk of corn!

It’s a posing stalk of corn!

 

We were having fun making shadow puppets on the pumpkins!

We were having fun making shadow puppets on the pumpkins!

 

And here's their new puppy Vinny!

And here’s their new puppy Vinny!

 

Chloe had a blast playing with Him--especially throwing the ball and running around!

Chloe had a blast playing with Him–especially throwing the ball and running around!