babies in a wheelbarrow

in 2011 we took a trip to beckett's first pumpkin patch (it was remlinger farms) with friends and on a whim took some photos of the babies in a wheelbarrow. here is one of said photos. adorable, yes?

in 2012 while at another pumpkin patch (it was craven farms) matt kreitlow loaded those same babies, who were now toddlers into a wheelbarrow to push them out to the pumpkin patch. sawyer was born, but maybe throwing her in with the toddlers seemed risky? i don't know...

in 2013 while at a pumpkin patch (it was stocker farms) we took harry potter photos and afterwards somebody said, "we better get these kids in a wheelbarrow for their yearly photo." so... it was just a thing that had started and was now a tradition that we do forever. until the end of time. in this photo i really have no idea where sawyer is. we're monsters who like to leave her out?

in 2014 we very specifically planned to take wheelbarrow photos while at a pumpkin patch (it was baileys farm). and look who finally made it into some photos! it's sawyer belle! bless her heart. also, heath. elliot was still in the belly, but not for long.

in 2015, we slacked on getting the wheelbarrow photos done and decided to try and snap some at the end of a patch day (it was stocker farms). friends, it didn't go well. not well at all. it was weirdly sunny out and the sun was blinding everybody with its terrible brightness. also, it had been a long day with a lot of photos already taken. beckett was barely holding it together for the pictures and by the end had started to lose his mind. elliot went into the wheelbarrow with many reservations and his intuition was right, he didn't love it. also. we have six kids now, and that's a lot to cram into a tiny space. not that it's going to stop us from trying. wheelbarrow pumpkin patch pictures FOREVER.

oh my gosh, sawyer. i feel ya girl. 

stocker farms

on fridays we patch!

stocker farms

stocker flashback

stocker even flashier flashback

anniversary costume flashback

so, i totally forgot to do a blog post on our anniversary! truthfully, last year felt like a big milestone anniversary and it makes our 11 year anniversary seem... i don't know, less exciting? is that terrible? i am excited to have been married to this guy for another year though! really. we spent our anniversary in new york (cause we fancy!) and had a date night at the national bar and dining room, which is a geoffrey zakarian restaurant. he is our favie tv chef! and we got dessert at magnolia bakery in grand central station and it was probably a bigger night out than we would have had at home... so it's a win!

since it's october... which is halloween month!!! please enjoy these flashback photos of a few of our couple costumes of the past. matt is such a trooper and i love his face!

bam-bam and pebbles

eric and ariel

daphne and scooby doo

paulie and juno 

harry and ginny(and a lion?)

grandpa visits

grandpa came to visit us for the weekend! grandma was supposed to come with him, but was sadly under the weather. we of course visited a pumpkin patch (if you come here in october, it's just going to happen, totally unavoidable) and carved our pumpkins that evening. we did some other things during the weekend, but i did not document them. we love, love, love to have visitors and beckett and heath are so excited whenever family comes. grandpa should probably come back soon and bring grandma with him... since she missed the pumpkin patch! tragedy! here are too many pictures of pennebaker boys in pumpkins. this patch is SO picturesque... there are just no ugly views here people.