Day Trip to Vala's

While Orchard season is pretty much over, Steve has Amy and I brainstorming for next year. He had a GREAT year...we couldn't be happier for him and his awesome family ag-entertainment business! So to help us get ideas/vision for the years to come, Steve sent us (Max & Mollie too) on a day trip to Omaha to Vala's Pumpkin Patch. Vala's is a place where Steve gets some good ideas. It's also a family-run business - but this place has more than 100,000 visitors in 2 months. It's huge! We went on the last day they were open, and it was pumpkin destruction day. We had fun as the place was not crowded with people.

This is Amy/Mollie towards the back of the train - as you can see, it wasn't busy...which made it more enjoyable for us so we could really experience all the different activites. Max and I sat towards the front of the train - away from his mom and sister! Ha!

Here's Mollie on the Jumpy Pillow - Steve also has a jumpy pillow...a new attraction he added this year which has turned out to be a HUGE hit!

Max doing the apple sling shot - he really put his whole body into it! Steve also has an apple sling shot!

Mollie, patiently waiting her turn at the apple sling shot. And just generally being cute...

This was a neat thing....while Vala's has numerous eating establishments on their grounds, one we enjoyed was the Snow Cones. (Sidebar: It was Nov. 1 and we were eating snowcones as it was 70+ degrees outside.) You purchase your snowcone, then go to this "shed" where they have spickets of probably 30+ different flavors...so you get to create your own flavor combination. It was really cool.