Corn, Pumpkins, and Fire

This past weekend we crossed off a few more on the Fall Bucket List. David and I went with our friends Savannah and John Lewis to the Denver Downs Farm. We had fun, but I will say it was a bit of a let down.

We were excited about the Corn Maze, and I, personally, was excited to know that it was Civil War themed with Civil War trivia throughout. Yes, I am a dork and like US History - so what?!

Our excitement quickly died, when we got to the farm and saw the Corn Maze. This was by far our biggest disappointment of the day! "Due to the drought" the corn did not grow very well. The corn was waist high in a few places, but most of it was mid-shin high. It was HIGHLY disappointing, especially since there was no entry price discount. We did go through the maze and complete the trivia - and laughed a lot about the tiny corn.

Then it was off to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out some pumpkins for carving later that afternoon. This was quite hilarious to watch JL as he searched for the PERFECT pumpkin! He walked and looked, walked and looked, picked them up, carried them around, etc. We finally got to a point where we just stopped and laughed at him!

They did offer hayrides around the farm and through the pumpkin patch. We didn't take one, because we didn't want to wait in line. This may be one that I am not going to mark off the list. I'm ok with that since we did come kind of close.

These are the pumpkins that we picked. Ours is the short one. Savannah and JL's is the tall one. (Stay tuned for the end results!!)

Before we left, the boys played a little Farm Football. There were several tires nailed to posts that they had to throw footballs through. It was actually quite tough, but fun to watch.

 Savannah and I just stood to the side and watched.

When we got back to Savannah's house, we carved the pumpkins. I couldn't tell you the last time that I carved a pumpkin, but it has become quite a tradition in the Stroud home. I don't like all the scary things that people put on pumpkins, so I just drew a smiley jack-o-lantern pic on ours. David carved it.

Our guy had one tiny eye - just like me!! David said it was due to my drawing skills (or lack there of), but I think it was fate.

Savannah is also addicted to Pinterest. She found a super cute Porcupine Pumpkin that they were going to try. JL spent a lot of time carving their "perfect pumpkin". His quote of the night was "some call me the master pumpkin carver."

 Although it didn't turn out exactly like the one she saw on Pinterest, it was super cute!! They used Christmas lights as the quills.

After carving pumpkins and eating some of Connie's famous White Chicken Chili, we headed out to the fire where we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. We stayed out there chatting until the fire died and it was too cold to stay outside.

We went back in to watch some more football and have some Nutella Hot Chocolate (also a Pinterest idea). The day was 100% like we had hoped, but all in all, it was another great day with the Stroud Family!!