And the Festivities Continue

Our weekend was jam-packed, which is exactly how I like it. We are making sure to get the most out of this beautiful Autumn weather we're finally having! And pretty soon Halloween will come and go, meaning I won't be able to convince Grant to do as many festive things. So I've got to use every last minute!

Friday we started the weekend off by going out to dinner at Boston's Pizza with Nick & Briana. We strolled through downtown Grapevine afterward and stopped for ice cream (of course). Then we made our way over to Hall's Pumpkin Patch!

 (I snapped this while we were driving away so not the best picture)

We didn't have the highest expectations since we were all used to such places as Cornbelly's and Hee Haw Farms, but we were all very impressed! There was a cornmaze, tractor rides, friendly farm animals, pumpkins of every size, the best tasting apple cider, smoked B-B-Q, caramel popcorn, festive decorations to buy, and so many great displays for picture-taking!

 Entering the Corn Maze

 Walking straight towards a dead end--the maze was very challenging!

 Nick loves pictures, can you tell?

 I think I'm a midget and Briana is an old lady

 Everything was so cute!

 

 All of us on the Hayride

 They had lots of animals!

 This guy was very friendly, and surprisingly soft

 Ugliest rabbit I've ever seen

She was craving this all night

When we finally had done and seen everything we went back to our place and finished the night with a couple rounds of cards. We had the intention of getting to bed early, since we knew the following day was going to be a long one, but of course that didn't happen. We stayed up way too late talking with them, but we didn't regret it at all. We had such a blast!

The next morning Nick & Briana came back over to our place and we loaded up the car for Six Flags! Since Grant and Nick work at Fidelity, we got a great discount on our tickets for the park--instead of paying $60 each we got our tickets for $20! So we'll probably be going more often :) Even if we had paid the full amount it would have been worth it! Six Flags during this time of year is so great! We had so much fun riding all the roller coasters, watching the zombies around the park scare random people, being completely caught off guard and scared by one of them ourselves, going to the haunted shows, playing games, and being utterly exhausted but so happy all at once.

 Waiting in line for the Texas Giant

 He's threatening me with a screw driver

This guy was creepy. He put a screwdriver and a roofing nail through his nose. It was awesome!

 This was my favorite ride--the whole roller coaster was in the dark!

 These decorations were all around the park

 Sitting in our seats for the show

 Blurry pictures, but you can tell it was fun!

Love Potion # 9

Ballroom Blitz!

All four of us after the show

On Sunday Grant and I got called into the Nursery! We know it's serious because when we went to find out what we're supposed to do, we were handed keys and bubbles. Apparently that's what you need to stay alive in there. Wish us luck!

We also spent the night working on our Halloween costumes, which I'm very excited for! We've had some pretty good ones in the past but I think these are going to be our best yet! I can't wait to show them off at our party.

We had a great weekend and now I'm just looking forward to the one coming up. Only a couple of more days until our Halloween party! Which means I only have a couple of days to finish our costumes, finish all the decorations, and go shopping for and make the food for it. Some might think it's work, but I just get excited about everything. I hope it turns out great!