Before we head into the second weekend of our Pumpkin Festival, I wanted to recap our opening weekend and share a couple of photos with you.

We had a great opening day on Saturday!  The weather was awesome all weekend.   It was Military Family Weekend, a tradition we started back in 2007.  I would estimate we had around 30 military families visit over the two days to take advantage of our free admission offer.  We always enjoy talking to the families about their backgrounds and hometowns.  We heard a lot of different regional accents, too!

This packed hay rack was filled with many military families and a few "regular" visitors.

 Another special event took place on Sunday.  Midwest Heart Connection, a group which supports families with children born with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), held their fall gathering at the farm.  There were around 165 guests.  We hosted the same event last year, and they are really a nice bunch.  It is amazing to watch how well the "heart babies" or "heart kids" as they call them (many of whom are now school-aged) get around after the many surgeries they have had to endure over their lifetimes.  Most of them could outrun me, I'm sure!

This is Ella, who was born with half a heart.  She was so cute and active -- a real miracle!

It is nice to have the first weekend under our belts!  This weekend is our "Photo Days" event.  Snyder Photography of Elmwood will be here from 1-5 p.m. each day to take family photos.  You can drop in, or contact him by email to make an appointment.

Hope to see you soon at the farm!