the pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch again!  And guess what?  It was still fun!

The kids went straight for the swings!

Later, Grace said that swinging was her favorite part of the day.

After tons of swinging, they were ready to ride the train.

This was Carter's favorite part of the day...in case you couldn't tell by his awesome smile!

We had a semi-private hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

This was my favorite part of the day!

We were ready to pick some pumpkins!

Carter's decision was easy!  The first pumpkin he saw was the one.

Yep.  This is it!

Grace took a little more thought while picking her pumpkin.

Look how strong these kids are!

They love these pumpkins so much!

Finally, they jumped in the bouncy house.  It was tons of fun...and John's favorite part of the day!

We seriously had such a great time.  Carter is already planning his next trip back...and he thinks it's tomorrow.

Fall really is the best...don't you think?

InstaFriday

During the past couple of weeks...

I celebrated my birthday and look at these awesome lego cakes I got!

Grace and Carter sported some 'staches to Awana.

He wanted a big tall cup!

She was just watching him play.

I love sitting beside her at church.

Me & my favorite girl

This puppy followed me around everywhere I went this day.

He is completely obsessed with Bubble Guppies.

We made a mess...it was a beautiful one though!

What did you do this week?

Parent Day

We went to Parent Day at Grace's school.  As usual, she was super excited to show off for us!

She really showed off when she got to read in front of the class.

Oh, and she showed off again when she beat me in a Bible trivia game.

We always love to get to see all that she does at school!

happy october

our fall home

happy fall!!!  the weather has been so nice lately and it has gotten me super excited about fall!  this weekend, i decided that my home needed a little bit of a change.  so, i pulled out a few things to cozy up our space.

this chalkboard, bucket of mums, and little pumpkin sit just outside our front door.

i printed a pic of the kiddos from the pumpkin patch last year and placed it with a pumpkin in our entryway niche.

the mantle is simple (maybe because of that horrible black box)

i used a book page covered canvas as the backdrop for my favorite white pumpkins.

i also added this plant (is it cabbage or kale?!?) that I picked up at the grocery store to the other side.

i got out my favorite fall smells...farmhouse apple and pumpkin roll.  love my 'give thanks' pillow that my sil made for me.

grace and carter were excited to read a couple of books about fall and eat some yummy fall mix!

i found a nice little spot for this barn art that i picked up at the germantown festival.  i love it so much...it kinda makes me want to give painting another try.

our kitchen chalkboard holds a great reminder for every member of the jacobs family.

i also grabbed a couple of pie pumpkins while at the grocery store and i have absolutely no intentions at all to use them to make pie!  however, if you want to use them to make me a pie, that would be awesome!

apples...yum! yum!

my most favorite thing right now are these sunflowers in a jar...they really are such happy flowers!!!

i added a few more pumpkins around...another white one 

...and this "stick" one

and some super yummy caramel covered apples!!!

fall has got to be my most favorite time of the year...it's definitely the yummiest!!!