Mulberry Pond

(The Pumpkin Patch)

This house had a interesting history- it's over 135 years old, the builder/homesteader was instrumental in making Kansas a free state.  He was a brick maker and he lived in a tiny cabin by the pond until he had made enough bricks to build the big house:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch:

Hayride:

The [failed] attempt at a group picture:

 Finding the perfect one:

 

 Not interested in finding the perfect pumpkin:

 Convinced to try:

 Maddie said, "You better go get that farm-boy!"

 

 

 

 The ducks came running (waddling?) when they saw the kids and the corn!

 Little Farmer Boy:

 A little Post-Pumpkin-Patch snack:

FINALLY smiles from Maddie!!  :)

 (The reason she was smiling:)