Hayride and Fall Fest

We went to a fun little Fall Festival this weekend with our neighbors and good friends, the DeAngelos. Our kids get along great, which makes any outing fun, but this one was particularly good because the weather was cool, the kids were all in a good mood, and we were all ready for some fun fall activities.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of the "game" area which included a hay maze, a hay crawl, a hay mountain, and several carnival games. My friend did take some pics of us on the hay ride though!

Parker thought it was great.

 So did our other big man.

 Of course there was a haunted graveyard...

 (This is what you get when you say, "Act scary" to kids in front of a graveyard):

 And there was a petting zoo...

Payton checked out the goats:

And then he checked out the sheep:

 And then the bunnies:

 But I think he loved the rat the most... yes, I said rat...

 He hung out with that rat for the longest time. I think he thought it was "Ralph" from the Beverly Cleary book "Mouse and the Motorcycle." However, this was no mouse. It was clearly a rat.

Moving on...

There were also lamas. These things were SO funny. There was one that had some out-of-control bangs. He looked like one of the Beetles. It was hysterical!

 He was by far, my favorite animal there! (BTW, how can he see????)

On our way out, we ran into Frankenstein and his girl. Guess they wanted to check out the hayride too...

 Later that night, we reconvened at our house for a little fire pit action and some s'mores. 

 Another great night spent with great friends!