Burt's Farm

After spending a couple of hours at the Ward Campout Saturday morning at Lake Lanier, we took some great advice from friends and drove out to Burt's Farm in Dawsonville. (We've really missed Hee Haw Farms since we moved to Georgia . . . but this place we went to was more about the pumpkin patch than the farm. We're still looking for a Hee Haw replacement.) It was a gorgeous Autumn day, and we enjoyed spending time away from the hustle and bustle.

Raleigh and Madeline picked out their favorite Prizewinner pumpkins. The pumpkins stayed right where we found them since they were about $60 a pop!

Miss Choobies took this one home.

Emery was pretty upset when we found the pumpkin stem she was smuggling in her mouth. We had to confiscate it. At least she got to keep her shades.

Dallas drove the girls to the checkout line in a wheelbarrow. He's a cool dad.

Afterwards, by the parking lot, we played in the stream running next to the farm. The older girls loved it.

Madeline fell in.

'Til next time . . .

This is How the Big Boys Tube

Nate . . . Dallas . . . David.

My daddy's the coolest.

(Thanks, Kenda, for the pictures!)

Purdy Family Reunion 2010, Lake Wedowee, Alabama

Welcome to our awesome vacation! We spent a weekend at Lake Wedowee, Alabama, where we . . .

Admired the Southern view,

(Dad and Mom)

Admired our new lil' cousins,

(Dionne, Emerson, Choobs)

Hung out with Rikki,

(Madeline, Raleigh, Rikki)

Spent time being sisters,

(Raleigh, Choobs, Madeline)

Celebrated a wedding anniversary,

(Dad and Mom)

And warmed up to the tube - it's been a couple of years!

(Grammy and Raleigh)

We cheered on cute cousins,

(Grammy and Dade)

Relaxed on the boat,

(Madeline, Kenda, Dade)

Found cozy spots to fall asleep,

(Raleigh)

Got a little more brave on the tubes,

(Dionne, Madeline, Dallas, & Raleigh)

Covered our ears,

(Grammy and Choobers)

Tubed with our cousins,

(Dionne & Choobs, Nate & Calvin)

Got a little splashed,

(Dionne and Choobs)

Waved to our adoring fans,

(Nate and Calvin)

And waved to each other,

(Dionne & Choobs, Nate & Calvin)

And realized we were having fun!

(Dionne and Choobs)

We got a little more brave again - at least enough to go faster this time,

(Grammy and Madeline)

Then got a little crazy,

(Dallas and Raleigh)

Passed on the boat driving to toddlers,

(Nate and Calvin)

Got crazy with our sisters with a little help from Grammy and Daddy,

(Grammy & Madeline, Dallas & Raleigh)

Swung like monkeys,

(Madeline)

Enjoyed our mom and uncle,

(Grammy, Nate, and Calvin)

Posed for group photos,

(Grammy, BoBo, Nate, Calvin, Madeline, Choobs, Raleigh, Dallas)

And got silly!

We climbed many flights of stairs,

(Choobs and Dallas)

Jumped in the lake,

(Raleigh)

And couldn't stop smiling.

(Raleigh, Calvin, and Nate)

We laughed at BoBo who was laughing at David,

Who absolutely made our day! (Videos of this scene later.)

We passed around babies,

(April and Emerson)

And gave cheers to great cooking!

(Everyone)

We let our sisters fix our hair,

(Madeline and Choobs)

And took on the impossible . . .

(David and Dallas)

Obviously.

We licked beaters,

(Madeline)

Soared,

(David and Dade)

Cried,

(April and Calvin)

Roasted marshmallows indoors,

(Dallas and Madeline)

Swung,

(Madeline)

Took out the trash,

(Dallas and Dad)

Took a walk for old times' sake,

(Dallas, Dionne, Madeline, and Dade)

Admired big trucks in our diaper,

(Dade and BoBo)

And the magnolias,

And the cute parents,

(Dad and Mom)

And the cute couples.

(Kenda and Dave)

We wanted to eat scrumptious babies,

(David and Emerson)

And look as good as our sisters-in-law,

(Rikki, April, and James)

And we finally decided we like the tube! (She laughed the whole time!)

(Dionne and Madeline)

We caught some ZZzzz's (and need to catch a few more to recover from all the fun),

(Dade)

And we think we'll come back again!

(Rikki)