Wishin' We Were Fishin'

This past weekend, the kids and I were able to travel to Indiana for my second cousin's wedding. Unfortunately, Randy had to stay back as he was working both Friday and Saturday :(.  We hate to leave him behind, but the kids also don't like to miss an opportunity to visit Indiana. 

The weather cooperated for us, and we had an awesome, long weekend that was busy with all things "fall." 

Friday morning, the kids wanted to visit the kitties at Uncle Nathan's house.  They are a bit bigger since we saw them this summer, and Helaina and Zach love cuddling and feeding them. 

Friday afternoon was spent drawing and tracing pictures onto their pumpins.

Later that Friday, we spent a couple hours at Grandma and Grandpa Walter's farm (Great-Grandparents to the kids).  They took their shopping bags and went hunting for corn.  Grandpa's new combine cuts the corn a little lower these days so all we found were corncobs, but they didn't seem to mind.

Nathan was brave and took us all out in the Jeep.  I tried to relearn driving a stick-shift in the back bean field.  Needless to say, quite the adventure for all!

Saturday was time to carve our pumpkins.

Saturday evening we attended the wedding reception for Sam and Jordan (Jessen).  It's always nice to see generations of family and friends and enjoy their company and some dancing for the evening.  We originally had a dilemna though, as it was hard to find a babysitter for the kids because most of the family was at the reception.  But Great-Grandma and Grandpa McGinley did not let us fret for long as they volunteered themselves to watch the kids for the evening!!!  I was so happy to hear that the kids behaved wonderfully and my 87 year-old Grandmother and 85 year-old Grandfather actually enjoyed their time together with the kids!  Epic success for everyone. 

This is what we call a little bit of hillbilly heaven...riding a decorated golf cart through the yard and cornfields. 

And then it was time to go fishing with Grandpa!

She caught one...

And so did Zach...

Trying to convince the kids that they should help throw the fish back into the water.

Batman (aka Zach) and his finished Jack-O-Latern.  Zach insisted that I carve him a sad face with tears. 

Helaina and her star.

A bonfire with smores, could this day get any better?!?

We couldn't be more thankful for such a wonderful weekend in Indiana.  I love seeing these pictures and knowing all the precious memories that were made in just a few short days.  Beyond blessed and grateful!