Happy Halloween!

(Lydia eighteen months trick or treating as a Garden Gnome)

(Lydia and I going door to door, we had to take the car)

Sunday night was Beggar's Night and Lydia's first time really trick or treating. Last year we just went to a couple houses to say hi to our neighbors. She was totally into it. I was surprised since she's only eighteen months. The first house our little garden gnome just walked right in, it was so funny and caught our elderly neighbor by surprise. After that she got the jist and was ready to pick a piece of candy and say thank you. We were only going to go to a few houses again this year but ended up hitting up our entire street becasue she was having a blast!

Rachel Pierce

rpierce@myabc5.com

(Lydia just walking right into the first house...she didn't know.)

We love the Pumpkin Patch!

We have turned the Pumpkin Patch into a tradition. We have gone to Howell's Tree Farm for several years. The boys love it and apparently so do thousands of other city dwellers. I'm always amazed by the line of cars that turns off the highway into the gravel driveway of the tree farm. It reminds me of the movie, Field of Dreams, "If you build it, they will come." The 'it' being a pumpkin patch, craft store, beautiful potted mums, petting zoo, corn cannon, corn maze, a playground, etc.... in other words, a taste of country.

I grew up in a small town with 'country' all around me. I love the simple life that comes with small town, rural Iowa. And nowadays I'm paying 7 dollars admission for it. Kind of ironic, but we love it.

Thanks for reading!

Amanda

A Very Happy Florida Birthday!!!

I had my big 3-0 birthday on Sunday! My husband a few months back asked what I wanted and I said I wanted to see my sister Magdalena and her husband Justin. So we booked our flights and headed down to Fort Myers, Florida. It was honestly THE BEST birthday ever!!! We did all my favorite things! We took the boat out to Sanibel Island, collected shells, swam, ate great food, played fun games, went to their awesome church, shopped and just enjoyed each others company. My sister and brother in law are the best hostesses! I can't wait for them to come to Iowa sometime soon so that I can spoil them like they did for us!

Ahhh...back to work!
Rachel Pierce

rpierce@myabc5.com