It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

It is that time of year -- Fall is upon us.  All my friends with little kids have been hitting up the pumpkin patches.  Although I have no child, we are like a little kids at heart so we decided to join the fun.  We went out to Simmons Farm where they actually grow the pumpkins.. as well as apples and squash and flowers and an assortment of other vegetables. We took the hayride out to the field and picked a few pumpkins and some Indian corn, followed by a trip into the corn maze.  The pumpkin picking was serious business -- definitely had to find 'the one'. On our way home we stopped by Giant Eagle and found an even more impressive pumpkin.  Eventually we'll carve them!  No promises on showing you the finished product.

Acres upon acres of pumpkins!

Yup, they actually grow them here!

A little baby pumpkin hiding in the shade.

Seriously, Acres of pumpkins

Nope, thats definitely not "the one".

But maybe this one is!

Or this one?

Here are a couple more options...

I'll take this one -- she's a keeper :)

Picking Indian Corn

They had some amazing jack o'lanterns up at the farmstand.  mine will look nowhere near this fancy, for sure.

Mr. Ed's

 On the way home from Gettysburg we ran into this awesomely creeptastic place.  Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Shop.  Unfortunately, the Museum burned down several months ago, but the creeptastic fiberglass elephants are all over the place to suck you in.  It was certainly something.

Weekend in Gettysburg

We spent Columbus Day weekend in Gettysburg PA for my cousin's wedding.  It was great to see the entire family!  We're happy to have Courtney in the family.  Here are some of the highlights of the weekend.

A cupcake for breakfast before the long ride to Grandpa and Nana's.  Sure glad I wasn't in the car!

Lancaster Brewery

We headed out to the Lancaster Brewery while in that neighborhood.  Lancaster was decidedly not what I remembered.  We didn't see any Amish!  While there we enjoyed a good lunch and shared a flight of all the beers they had on tap.  highlights included the milk stout and the chocolate strawberry.

 The gauntlet is thrown.

 Success

Narcissi Winery

A few weeks ago we hit the Narcissi Winery just north of PGH with the St. Bernard's Young Adult Group.  Since it was September we decided to go with a German Wine in honor of Oktoberfest.  Two thumbs up to the Gewürztraminer... as well as all of the other varietals we tasted.   Definitely a fun trip worth repeating sometime!

Ready for some football

A few weeks ago I went to my first Pitt Football game at Heinz Field!  The Panthers beat Florida International... for whatever that is worth.  Tailgating was great - who doesn't love food and beer?  The game was good, and the people in front of David are disgruntled fans to say the least.