Fall Fun!

In case you didn't know, I LOVE FALL!   I love sweaters and boots and hot cocoa and burning leaves.  I love cool weather and apple orchards and apple cider slushies.  I love butternut squash soup.   I'm currently obsessed with a new fall love, making pumpkin cinnamon rolls ...

But my favorite thing about fall is Vala's.  I've been waiting since August for it to open and we made our first trip of the year.  It's my favorite fall tradition.   It's our third year of going, and every year we do different things and new things that we hadn't discovered the year before.   

If you live within 500 miles of Omaha, seriously, save all your money and plan a trip there.  You can kill an entire day (or two or ten!).  I bet we've only seen half of the place in the six times we've been there over the last three years.  

 We headed straight to the bouncy pillows this year.  We had to stop for a few pics along the way.

Bouncy pillows! 

Apparently the sand is just as much fun as bouncing.

After bouncing, we went over to the corn pool.

Henry really wanted to try the apple slingshots, so we headed that way.

A few more stops for pictures.

After three years, we finally made it to the big slides.  They were a hit!   I'm sure we went at least 10 times before Mammey and I were too tired and decided it was time to move along.

 

We always get a pumpkin or two before we leave.  The boys found some good ones this year!   Each boy picked out a pumpkin that weighs more than he does!  Nice work on their part.  Thankfully Mammey has some muscles, so we were able to get them to the car and home to the porch.

A special thanks to Mammey for coming to spend an awesome 24 hours with us!  And an extra special thanks to Pa for the pumpkins.  Thanks so much!   We love spending time with you and can't wait to do it again!

Did I mention I love fall???