OUR FALL TRIP TO NEW YORK

We went to Grama Kay and Papa's home in New York last week! It was so fun... and soooooooo cold! With the 40 degree temps every day we went out for a little and then came back in to sit by the fire and get warm. That didn't stop the fun though!

Johnny stayed behind to work and I traveled to Buffalo with the 3 kiddos. Here we are on our flight from Phoenix to Buffalo. The kids did great on the 4 hour plane ride. They made friends with the little boy sitting behind us and Gracie took a little nap. They were chanting "Grama, Grama..." as we landed.














Grama Kay, the kids and I went to Power's Market with my sisters- Ashley and Kari and Kari's son Mason. It was such a pretty, sunny fall day. Here the kids are in front of the massive tee-pees they set up every year. They are huge structures with dried corn husks on them to make them dark inside. When you go in the first tee-pee there are carved, lit pumpkins all the way up to the top. Then you go through a little tunnel to the second room where there are skeletons and spiders and cob-webs hanging down from the ceiling. There are even owls with lit eyes peering out of the walls and when you make loud noises they move and "whoo". The kids thought this was hillarious and screamed and yelled to get the owls to make noise. I remember going here as a kid with my Mom. It was so fun to take my kids here and make more memories.

Here are John, Mason, Emma and Gracie after going through the tee-pees for the 20th time!














John-John, Grama Kay, Emma, Gracie and Mason














John loved the tractor pulled the trailor for the hayrides. He wanted to drive it! Here he is in the pumpkin patch as the tractor passed by.














Gracie and her crazy-Gracie smile sitting in the pumpkin patch!














OK... so there are these chickens in a pen and they are so cute and fluffy! The funny thing is they are colored! It's cute when you see the black and gray ones... then the blue and pink ones?! Gracie thought they were hillarious and giggled and pointed at them!














The crazy chickens up close!














Here's our pretty Emma.














The kids had fun feeding the deer grain at the petting zoo.














Grace was so funny when she fed the deer! You lay your hand flat and they lick the grain off. Grace did it and cracked up laughing!














Emma with the witch in the store at Power's Market. This witch was there when I was little!!!














Yummy home made donuts completed our day at Power's Market!














YUM!














Hi Guys!



















Me and my beautiful sisters: Ashley and Kari














Grama Kay with her grandkids














The whole group: Kari and Mason; Jamie, Emma, John and Gracie; Grama Kay and Aunt Ashley














The boys loved swimming in the hot tub at Grama Kay's house. It was 40 degrees outside but 100 in the tub! They loved it!














Emma and Grace made iced pumpkin cookies with Grama Kay. Here's Gracie covered in icing smiling her crazy-Gracie smile!














Icing yummy cookies














John-John helped make the fire with Papa so we could all warm up after a long day. Here he is in the living room at their home.














We stopped and bought some pumpkins to carve at a cute little wagon parked by the roadside. Doesn't it look cold out?!














John with his pirate pumpkin. ARRRRG!!!














Yucky! What a mess!!!














The pirate...














Helping get the "guts" out














Playing with the "guts"!














Here's Grace's baby pumpkin.














Riding the tractor at Mamma and Grandpa Fred's house














We put Emma's pumpkin by my brother, Craig's grave. It was a sweet moment. I haven't been there since the funeral in July. We carved a peace sign in the pumpkin for him and smiled knowing he would have liked it!














The kids and Grama Kay with the pumpkin for Craiger.














Here are the kids at Chase Farms. This is a great farm just 2 minutes away from my Mom's house. They have the best produce ever!!! We got raspberries and went in the corn maze, saw a huge pumpkin and played until we were too cold!



















Looking at the horses at Chase Farms














The sisters in the little corn maze














John and Emma find their way out of the maze!














Driving the tractor














What a HUGE pumpkin! We had so much fun at Grama Kay's.