Fall Fun

This time of year is a favorite at the Larson household. One of Kris' favorite things to do, and quickly becoming one of Zach's favorites is the deer/elk hunt. It seems we are finally nearing the end of this season (thank goodness!). I swear it is the reason my blood pressure was so high last fall, but anyways... This year on the first day out, Kris missed his first deer right over the top, and as karma would have it, he didn't see any more (of the right flavor) for the rest of the deer/elk season. At least he got one shot off. Zach tends to enjoy just being outdoors and with his dad, so all's good!

Another favorite thing to do, is to head to Pack's Pumpkin Patch (a local place in Farmington) for the Halloween pumpkins. This is a great place to pick up pumpkins (it sure beats going to Harmon's which is what we usually did). There are acres of pumpkins laying around waiting for the kids to pick one. It also has a fun little hay maze that's fun for the little ones. I remember when we lived in Draper, and thought that going to Harmon's and fishing through the big pile of pumpkins and trying to find the nicest one on top, was fun. The kids have so much more fun doing it this way. Of course, this year we were smart, and told the kids to not pick so many, and such big ones, because carving the pumpkins is not one of Kris' and my favorites!

We also tried something new this year with the kids. We took them to a haunted house! We took advantage of our Lagoon season passes, and went to Frightmares on Friday night. Standing in line, there were lots of teenagers, some families, and us with our little ones. I tried looking up and down the line to see if I could see some kids about Tyler and Justin's size, but I didn't see any. At times, I felt guilty for subjecting my small children to this, but after waiting over an hour in line, I was not going to not go through the haunted house! The kids actually enjoyed standing in line. There were several scary monsters walking up and down the lines, and once Justin and Tyler got used to them, they were enjoying it. Hayley probably had the most fun. One of the characters scared her several times and kept coming back, because she screamed every time! Once we got inside, we were prepared to carry the little ones the whole way through, but Tyler wanted to walk the whole way. Justin wanted to be carried, but mommy didn't mind. It really wasn't as scary as we thought it would be. Lots of strobe lights, hanging things from the ceiling, neon polka dot rooms with people dressed to camouflage in with the polka dots, etc. For the most part, the teenagers who ran the spook house were very observant of the little guys and didn't scare us too much! The kids walked away with smiles on their faces and lots to talk about. Not bad, I think we can try this one again next year!