Staheli Farm Fun

Since the kids had no school today, we decided to head up to St. George and go to Staheli Farm with my friend Harmony and her family and some of their friends. We've never been there before, but I've been wanting to bring the kids for a while and I'm glad we did...they had a lot of fun! 

When we first got there, the kids played on the little "farm" playground.  It's amazing how much kids can entertain themselves on such simple toys. 

  We did a little measuring...         I think Jantzen has the longest arms.    Jaron loved this swing!  It was just a rope that you had to use to swing over an old mattress and some hay bales...the kids had a blast on it trying to get to the other side.      Then, the kids moved on to this wagon wheeled see-saw...     These were some HUGE tires!     The kids did a little duck racing and loved every minute of it...      Then, they goofed off a bit more!      Jaron and Jantzen then found a wheel of activities that they spun to help them decide what to do next...      ...and this is where it told them to go, to the little petting zoo..          Jaedyn was a little hesitant at first to pet the goats, but eventually she did...barely.  The boys, on the other hand, were all over it.
Jaron admired this sleeping pig, he was getting hungry for some bacon.  Run little piggie, run!!!     The farm had this fun bubble that the kids got to jump on like a trampoline.  They had so much fun on it!!          Next, the kids went to another little playground area and I had to laugh at Jaron and Jantzen because of this...     ...the two of them squeezed onto this little teeter-totter and, surprisingly, they had fun.  I had fun laughing at them! 
While her brothers were being silly, Jaedyn played a little pumpkin tether ball...     There was a fun little maze for the kids to walk through with this fun pirate ship.  The kids actually played on this for quite a while.      I think Jantzen is a little too tall for this maze.  It's too easy for him to see where he's going.     After playing for a while, and eating some yummy country style lunch, we all decided that we wanted to head over to the big corm maze and try to make our way through it.  We got to ride over to the corn maze on this fun trailer that was being pulled by a tractor...the kids were so excited!      We got a picture of all the kids together before we headed in to the maze...and hoped that we'd all make it out together.         This year the corn maze was a pirate theme.  It was actually called "Pirates of the Corn Maize" and if you saw it from above, it was shaped like a pirate ship with an octopus.  It was pretty cool!     We let Jaron, Jantzen, and Parker go off together to find their own way out.  I was okay with this because Jaron has a phone in case they needed help and I think they loved being in there on their own.     We all made it out, eventually, it did take a while.  I forgot how confusing these things are.  It's been so long since I've been in one.   Jaedyn found some corn on our walk through the maze and she insisted that she take it home...it got lost on our ride back on the trailer...oops!!  They did have a "mini" corn maze that was a story for the younger kids.  This year it was based off the book "Spookley the Square Pumpkin".  We've actually seen this movie on Disney channel, so we knew the story.  It was fun.  You got to stop at different stations to read the story as you make your way through the maze...and, it was a lot easier than the big maze!     I got a quick picture of all the kids before we played some more...     Jaron did a little archery.  I made a bet with him that if he made it through the middle hole that I would buy him an X-Box.  He's been wanting one for a long time and so he was really determined to make me have to follow through on my bet.  The whole time I was really hoping that he wouldn't make it.  Luckily for me he didn't, but he came REALLY close every time!  He was really bummed, but I wasn't. Whew, my wallet is safe!      One of the last things we did at Staheli Farm was head up to the pumpkin patch.  I wasn't planning on buying any pumpkins there because they are over-priced, but I let the kids pretend to pick some out anyway.      Here's Jaedyn with her friends that came with us...      Before we left the pumpkin patch, the kids checked out this witches cottage, luckily she wasn't home!          The kids tried to sell the pumpkins they picked out with no takers...      We couldn't leave without a little more playing.  Jaron said he was "too old" to get on the swings, so he pulled Jantzen and Jaedyn around instead.  I thought these swings were cute because they were made out of old tires and were shaped like horses.      It was getting late, so we decided it was time to go.  We got one last picture with all of us, minus Jantzen.  He was being a little stinker and refused to get in the picture.     After we left, we all went to Cracker Barrel for dinner, then headed home.   We all had so much fun today, I'm so glad we went, especially with good friends.  Next year we're going to come up here with Josh and stay later so we can go through the "Field of Screams".  The kids aren't really liking that idea, but I think it'll be fun!