Vala's Pumpkin Patch in Omaha---Better Than Disneyland!

The long-awaited day had arrived for our mini family reunion at Vala's Pumpkin Patch. 

We were sad Ben's family and Rebecca's family were not able to be there with us. All of our children had planned this adventure together, but then two families ended up not being able to go.

We had been watching the weather for Omaha and it looked like it was going to be rainy on our Vala's day. Sarah was going to opt out of the whole trip because of rain. 

Look at the beautiful weather we had all day long at Vala's with not one drop of rain in sight. Sarah would have been horrified to have bailed out only to learn it hadn't rained at all.

This picture was taken with Jonah as our photographer. Notice that he was actually in our photo with us.

I took a lot of photos of the buildings and cute decorations. There was so much to see and do. We were there from when it opened until closing time. 

Now just sit back and enjoy the day at Vala's with us. It was not crowded at all. It was a divine day!!

Even the restrooms were decorated cute.

Everywhere we went, there was something for the grandchildren to do or play on.

We spent a lot of time at the corn pit. The grandchildren loved burying themselves and each other in the corn kernels. 

Abe decided to liven up the corn kernel pit a little more by burying a dollar bill somewhere in the pit.

After much searching in the general area Abe had put the dollar--they all came up empty-handed. Some lucky kid will come across it in the future and will enjoy finding the buried treasure.

This area had some balloon pillows that made for some fun jumping.

We took a seat and waited for the pig racing to begin.

The farmer came out and we did the piggy call and out came the racing pigs. 

After several pig races, out came the ducks doing their waddling race.

There were some great children's play areas.

This was a big sandbox with toy tractors and excavators and bull dozers to move the sand.

On the far side of the pavilion was a musical area.

There was a carousel--visible to the left of the big swing.

Abe bought a bucket of apples to see who could shoot and hit the targets.

Another adorable playground.

The hand-held wands were dipped in soapy water to make gigantic bubbles.

This was a huge playground area.

Lots of fun activities in this area for the older children.

This was a fun obstacle course with a spider web rope in the center.

I just have to say that Vala's is one of my most favorite places on earth in the fall.

Who needs Disneyland when there is Vala's just waiting for family-fun exploration and excitement!!

Thanks for hosting our mini family reunion, Jacob and Laurie. See you next year--same time, same place??