Pumpkin Patch

Fall is hear in Pennsylvania and quickly fading away.  I love this time of year and we were not disappointed by the beautiful scenery in this area.  This past Saturday we enjoyed some family time at 2 of the local pumpkin patches.  Nash had a great time touching all the pumpkins and playing in the corn box (similar to a sandbox).  Darin and I are hoping to return soon for a trip through the corn-maze.  OH HOW I LOVE OCTOBER!

Nash is #1!!!  Actually he is saying "Ready, Set, GO!"  On the GO he raises his hand like this.  SO CUTE!!

This view was gorgeous.  That tree was on fire.  I LOVE IT!

Based on the summer and fall seasons so far.  Pennsylvania is very agreeable to the Willardson family.  Although we had been in California for way to long, this winter stuff is making me claustrophobic. :)

Philadelphia Zoo

Last Saturday we had a fun morning at the Philadelphia Zoo with our friends Aaron, Christine and Emory. They so graciously shared their passes with us, all we had to pay for was the parking...and we paid for that twice...I helped Darin recycle our parking ticket...oops!!

We saw a range of emotions come out of Nash at the zoo. He was very excited to be out and about and wanted to look at everything...yes I am trying to instill in our child my hat feddish...he isn't a fan.

He showed us the point and squeal...

The clap for joy...

Climbing to get in with the animals...

And of course the temper tantrum...

I think his favorite exhibits was the monkeys. He was a little weasel and would crawl right up to the front of the groups to get a better look at the monkeys.

I can only imagine what he is thinking in this picture....

He then wanted to become a monkey...

But certainly did not want to be inside of an egg...

The zoo has a treehouse area for little ones to romp around in. Nash, Emory and the daddies loved this part. Darin and Aaron coaxed Nash and Emory through this little log tunnel. It was pretty hilarious watching the dads squeeze out of the end.

After doing it once with the dads, Emory and Nash were brave and would go together.

This picture I think is so sweet. When Emory was scared he would cover a part of his face and hold his moms hand...

Emory wanted a picture with the bears. Isn't he just the cutest little boy!

All during lunch Emory talked about riding the swans. Darin decided to take Nash too. Not such a good idea. Just putting on the life jacket made Nash IRATE and he started screaming. Darin was trying to attend to Nash and couldn't get the swan going so he went backwards for a little while...haha! Then when he finally got over by where I was taking pictures, Nash was looking over Darin's shoulder reaching for me and screaming....at least Emory and Aaron had a nice relaxing swan ride...minus the background noise of Nash crying.

We love giraffes!

We are so happy we got to go to the zoo with friends. Thank you Aaron and Christine! The weather was perfect, there wasn't too many crowds and it wore little Nasharoo plum out!

FARM TRIP!

Nash and I had an amazing morning today.  We were able to go with some friends to a ward members dairy farm to take pictures.  Nash had so much fun playing with all the girls and the animals.

How could you not love a horse that looks like this....

Nash even sat on the horse with the help of Kayla.  He liked it...

Then he hated it...(He is screaming!)

But there was a fluffy kitty to cheer him up and A LOT of mud for him to scoot in...

Oh how we love Pennsylvania.  This trip to the farm just made me realize how beautiful this state is and how much I want my kids to have room to run and play as they get older. There is nothing like living in the country!

Going Batty!

When we first moved into our home, Darin's parents noticed some gross droppings on our porch.  We soon found out where it came from....YES we have a nasty bat that visits us every night....LUCKY US....I guess we better name him, I don't think he is going away....BLAH!

Darin thinks it is the coolest thing ever...GROSS!

Ward Service Project

A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to participate in a ward service project to celebrate Pioneer Day.  We helped prepare an area for a park, ate potluck, and left before the fiddle and swing dancing got crazy...;)  One of my favorite things about Pennsylvania is the beautiful parks, so this was fun to see how these parks are made.  

We also got to invite some awesome friends to come join us at the service project.  As I said in the last post I have joined a mom's club where we get to meet a ton of fun people in the area.  A family that we have become great friends with are Aaron, Christine and Emory.  Yes those are there names.  Kind of funny since we are Darin and Christina and for those of you that remember when we were naming Nash he was Emory Nash until he was born.  So good listening skills as well as NO mumbling names comes into play when hanging out together.

This couple is so great, they both like to run, so we have found our running partners!  YEAH! Nash loves Emory and follows him around everywhere and tries to do everything Emory does....

We certainly do love these crazy boys and it was amazing they didn't come home covered in poison ivy.  I never knew what poison ivy looked like but now I do because it is EVERYWHERE out here!

There are 2 things Nash adores WATERMELON or just melon in general and his DADDY!

Pennsylvania is so beautiful and this area was no exception!  We had fun getting to know our ward better as well as spend time with some great friends.

Club Mom BBQ

Moving into a house is a WAY different experience. I LOVE IT! Although, we miss the luxury of walking out our door and having a group of moms and kids to hang out with like we did in CA. And well Nash was getting sick of just playing with mommy, and mommy was needing some major adult conversation. So we got on line and found a meet up group in our area. Our experience with Club Mom has been so awesome! We have met so many fun families with kids of all ages. I think the greatest part of club is there are so many activities to choose from and it helps me get to know the area. This past Saturday was a family BBQ meetup. I forgot my camera so a friend took these pictures of our family that I thought I would share.

The food was awesome. The big bowl is a fruit soup...very delicious!Nash loved this little car and had daddy pushing him all over the yard.

Our cute boy!

Enjoying some good conversation with new friends. Nash at this point spotted the goods to make smores!

Nash decided that he loved playing in the water at this party. We have tried to put into pools before and he screamed but at this party that is all he wanted to do is hang out in the pool. Pretty soon all the kids were stripping down to join him!

We had so much fun getting know more people in Pennsylvania. I am so happy that we joined this group. It has been such a good experience!