Our Search For The Perfect Pumpkin

It has long been a tradition in our family to go to the Farmer's Market in Downtown Dallas to get pumpkins, bales of hay, stocks of corn, and flowers! When we were little, my mom would take us kids while my dad enjoyed a day at best buy, looking at a new toy for him. This is the first year in a while we have been able to go- so it was great to restart this fun fall tradition, and throw Kevin into the mix- even if he did roll his eyes at the scrutiny with which we examined our pumpkins and the copious amount of pictures I took! When we got downtown, we got some lunch at Dos Panchas, this cute little Mexican food restaurant, where we watched part of the University of Texas vs. Oklahoma University college football game. Texas and OU are major rivals, and Texas WON!!

So when the boys (and Baby J) were fed and happy, we started off on our search for the perfect pumpkins:

We saw all sorts of pumpkins- really really big ones, grey ones, white ones, teeny tiny ones,
warty, bumpy ones


green ones that look like ducks,


orange/red/white/green ones that look like Rafiki's bum, according to Kevin,


many terracotta pots,


and lots and lots of beautiful fall flowers!


These pumpkins look so neat when stacked with other flat-ish pumpkins. They're S-U-P-E-R HEAVY though!


Mom and Cam looking for the flawless 'designer pumpkin'.


While we were obsessing over the perfect pumpkin, Trev and Kev were taking it easy- probably following some football game on Trevor's phone. BUT, I feel like I should stress how wonderfully complacant they were after being fed lunch. Rather than whining, they were just sitting patiently, letting us girls do our thing. Thanks Boys! :)

We finally found our perfect pumpkins and hay just as the farmers were closing their markets- Once we get them arranged in all their fall splendor, I'll make sure to document their perfection!

Here are some other cute pictures from today:
Cam and Kevin were thrilled to see a sign advertising meats since they now know (and have educated all those who read their blog) where the different cuts of meat come from!


My talented soccer player brother, juggling a water bottle his feet!


Me and my momma with the beautiful fall flowers


It's the great pumpkin, Cami J!


A cute picture of Mom and Trevor at Dos Panchas!


Kevin loves posing for pictures!!


This is all of us- my skirt has a little bit of Marilyn Monroe action going on, my life is ever so exciting! We all had a great time today, and yes- while we were carrying on the tradition of Farmer's Market pumpkins, Daddy carried on the tradition of shopping for his own toy at Best Buy. Apparently he has been thinking about replacing his not-mac laptop for a mac, so he was able to spend his 'daddy time' getting information about that. In case you didn't know- macs are sent from heaven. I highly recommend everyone within eye shot of these words pay a visit to your apple store today and see all the things a mac can do for you! Once you're fully converted, your life will NEVER be the same... And oh yeah- Happy Fall too :)