We drove to Boise over the weekend of Tim’s birthday to catch up with his family again.  His dad’s hanging in there, but didn’t feel very well while we were there.

Homemade mint cake for Tim’s party: (we’re still sad that we forgot to take some back to Portland with us in the car…)

On the Tuesday after we got back, Lex’s preschool had a field trip to Plumper pumpkin patch.  The weather actually cooperated, although all the kids were dressed for possible rain.  Here’s Lex’s class posing with teachers Theresa and Jolene:

Duck races:

Hay ride:

Feeding the baby cow:

baby chicks!

Each kid (and parent) got to take home a pumpkin.  Lex had a very difficult time deciding which one he wanted.

Then the following weekend our family went to the apple festival at Oregon Heritage Farms. There was a bouncy house for kids, caramel apples for sale, a hayride around the apple fields, and face painting.  It was fun!