the perfect day... almost...

today was terrific... stinkin' awesome... here's the rundown...

i woke up semi-early for a saturday morning... about 9:00 or so... got out of bed, stumbled into the living room (half-asleep), and played game boy and watched saturday morning cartoons... i love it when i actually get to do this... it's one of my favorite things... there's this great sense of community when all the boys are up and we're watching pokemon and kirby and whatever else is on - that's what we watched this morning... and that's so raven, i think, too... anyway... i sat in the living room until about 11:30 - i had heard rumors that there would be an outing to the pumpkin patch - which i like to call the punkin' patch... i've never been to a punkin' patch in my entire life... i know, being from arkansas, that's hard for people to believe... but i haven't... last year when everyone went, i had to work everytime... so this year, i got to go...

so i took a shower and got ready (when i say this - i mean, i threw on an old pair of jeans, an old t-shirt and a sweatshirt, threw on a hat over wet hair and threw on the oldest pair of tennis shoes i have - i've never gone to a punkin' patch, but i know better than to wear new tennis shoes and my favorite jeans - some of the people out there weren't as smart...

so the ground rules were - everything is paid for - the punkin' patch and lunch - not by me... i had to abide by these rules or i wasn't allowed to go... so we headed out - almost the whole family... micah had to work... so there were 8 of us... and we went to the first patch and they had a very poor showing... so we left there and went to the mega punkin' patch - it's the family friendly one with pumpkin launching and corn mazes and a petting zoo... we got there and we could each get a pumpkin - so we take off on this tractor into a field to go pick out the pumpkin we wanted... mine was definitely going to have to be a "calling" - i was looking for the punkin' that was calling my name... "robyn... here i am... pick me... pick me..." - and it was funny to watch the two youngest boys kick a pumpkin every now and then and say "robyn..." half through their lips - and then proclaim... "robyn, i think this one's calling your name..." so bethany and matthan and i took off together - it's rained a lot here lately, so it was pretty muddy... which made it fun to walk through the field... on the search for the perfect punkin', i slipped and almost fell in some tractor tracks... which was quite humorous... finally, i found it... my punkin'... round, not too big... but big enough to get at least 2 homemade punkin' pies out of... cindy makes the BEST punkin' pie i've ever eaten... living with them during the holidays this year will be a huge advantage!!! so, bethany, matthan and i loaded up our punkin's and headed back towards the place to catch the tractor back... so we get back to the place where i almost fell on the way out... and i stopped and even said out loud... "this is the place where i almost fell... i need to be careful..." - you probably know what's coming... i take a step over the first set of tracks and slip and fall... so i have a new name... muddy butt... but it's slurred together - so muddybutt is more accurate... which proved to be fun... and the younger boys figured... you're already muddy, a little more won't hurt... good times... we took a ton of pictures and laughed a whole lot... then we went to lunch and the good times continued...

bethany and i went to portland for me to develop film and shop while we were waiting... so we walked over to starbuck's - and i realized it's the most beautiful day - i love weather like today... the sun was shining, but it was cool, crisp... with leaves changing colors... the smells of fall - the colors of fall... with a pumpkin spice latte in hand - i couldn't have asked for a better day... but i have a ton of stuff to do tonight for school... that's the only drawback... but i'm thankful - an extra hour of sleep tonight since it's daylight savings time... so i guess that helps out with the trying to get a ton of stuff done...

and the pictures turned out great... maybe when amy's here, i'll add pictures to my blog - and then my laptop is getting fixed - i had to order a new hard drive... and once i get it up and running again, i can start putting pictures up all the time... :)...

i love the fall!!!