The Big Pumpkin

Daddy and Maddie

Now this is a big pumpkin!!!

Maddie feeds a calf

I was not fast enough to get a picture, but the first thing Maddie did when Daddy put her down was to stick her whole head, and half her body, into the whole to try and kiss the cow!

To Mom's dismay, this is one of Maddie and Braxton's favorite things to do...yuck!!!

Here little guy, how about some hay?

He looks so hungry...

Can I please have one Daddy? :)

He's pretty cute, wonder if they would notice if I climbed in with him?

Daddy and Maddie go to look at the baby cows.

Farmer Maddie

Maddie "drives" the tractor...

But Dad, it's not a John Deere!!!

How tall am I?

This is how tall my pumpkin and I are this year...

We will see how big we both are next year!

I can stand by myself...with my pumpkin!

Grandma Mary, do you like my pin? :)

Two feet...this mark!

You can see how tall I am, now look how strong I am...

I stood good, can I please go now?

Pumpkin Patch Good-byes

Thank you for the ride, I have to go home now...

One last good-bye to the horses...

A final wave good-bye to the farm...

Our friends Chris and Jamie Hinkle came along for the fun!

Thanks for your help.

Maddie is done tired out...it was a good day!

Updating family photo

Guess it's time to update the family photo!!!

This is still one of my favorites!

Maddie starts College...

Well, it has finally happened! I joked that I would maybe have time and get around to updating the blog once Maddie started college, little did I know how true that statement would be!!! Today, not only is Madeline 9 months old (doesn't seem possible), she taught her first full day of classes at Shepherd University!

She quickly claimed my big office chair...

took her headband off and started giving orders and running the show!

We have a brief break from classes now and await our first department meeting...this ought to be interesting as Maddie has been setting the workday agenda for most of the staff, all day long!!!