Halloween 2017

Halloween

Another Halloween is in the books. Our annual party was just kids and not many, way more low key than in previous years but I just wasn't up to anything more. School and life are a bit overwhelming right now so less was more as the saying goes. We did decorate the outside of the house and then did our typical picture stairwell and decorations throughout the house. Lily was Snow White and just to make my heart happy, my Jackson put on his suit and pretended for just a couple shots to be Prince Charming. He wandered the streets with friends this year then ended up at a house party to set off fireworks. Lily, Oscker, my sister and I joined friends and trick or treated all over the place bringing home way to much candy as usual. It rained all day long but let up again in typical fashion until we returned home around 9 and even then was only just spitting. It was also mild enough for Lily to go short sleeved. Thank you universe. Another Happy Happy Halloween done. 

Next up is several essays that need to be completed, a weekend of "in class", a couple hockey tournaments, the completion of my course, Lily's birthday then Christmas. Lots to look forward to but busy times for sure. I just have to keep believing I can do this. :)

A Morning at the Pumpkin Patch

One of my most favourite fall activities is visiting a pumpkin patch and taking loads of pics (as you can clearly see if you've made it this far). There isn't a patch in our town so this year we headed across the Salish Sea on a quick little ferry ride with my sister and Oscker to Shamrock Farm in the Comox Valley. It literally is a three minute drive from the ferry terminal in Little River but we had never been there so weren't sure what to expect. I love a good pumpkin patch and was super happy when we pulled up. Shamrock farm is small but had loads to see and do and is free to get in. We arrived right at opening and headed straight to the pumpkin patch passed the barn full of goodies and feeding the chicken which were running wildly everywhere you looked. No one else followed that showed up at opening so we had the whole patch to ourselves for a good 15 minutes to take pictures. My Jackson was a great sport posing for tons of photos. (I worried he would protest but he knows what going to the pumpkin patch means to me.) He and Lily and Oscker were keen to take some serious shots that we could later play with for my halloween picture stairwell. The sun was shining, the sky was super blue - basically everything was perfect. After my rough end of September/early October hospital stays and kidney stone issues, this was the most amazing morning filling my heart with happy. 

See other previous pumpkin patch pics here, here, here & here.