This year however Nate is a toddler and thinking about trying to entertain him and keep him comfortable in his car seat for 4 hours seemed overwhelming. So we revised the mountain drive this year and instead went to a pumpkin patch at Craven Farm in the cute town of Snohomish.
What a beautiful sunny day we chose! We started out by having lunch at the Buzz Inn (I forgot to take photos) which was a cool place because it was right next to the rural Snohomish airport as well as the Snohomish Sky Diving place. Throughout our lunch we watched sky divers come in on their parachutes every 30 minutes. And Nate loved seeing all the "airpanes."
Then Uncle Ryan and Carly joined us at Craven Farm to pick out some pumpkins. At this farm you literally "pick" your pumpkin--most of the pumpkins are on the vine still. We had never done that before and it was pretty cool! Luckily Uncle Ryan, photographer extraordinaire was there to capture the moments:
After lots of fun at the patch we walked around the town of Snohomish for awhile. Then we all headed back to the Warners' to eat a yummy birthday dinner for me and watch the Huskies game. What a perfect quintessential fall day. I must admit I did miss the mountain drive though. Hopefully Nate will be a little more up for it next year.
