Weldon and I have been talking for quite a while now about taking the kids to Apple Annie’s in Wilcox and letting them each pick a pumpkin so on Saturday we decided to go. We thought it would be the perfect time because the fair was in town so we thought that it shouldn’t be too busy at the pumpkin patch because every one would be at the fair. We were wrong. It was so crowded when we got there that we didn’t even stop. Everyone and their dog was there, literally, people brought their dogs! We didn’t even stop at the pumpkin picking place because of all the people but instead drove to the apple orchard and got out there. It was also quite crowded but the kids really wanted to get out and we couldn’t just go home. We walked around for a little bit and got some things at the gift shop there, Colton got a sword, Kaci got a stuffed turtle, and got an awesome cookbook full of fall food ideas that I cant wait to try out. Then we came home and just decided to get some pre-picked pumpkins from Wal-Mart.
Later that day we went out to my parent’s house to get a skunk trap because we had a skunk that was living under our house that we really wanted to get rid of. While we were there we told them about not being able to pick pumpkins so my dad took Colton and Kaci out to his garden so they could pick a watermelon to take home instead. Here are some pictures I took while out there.
Kaci liked this one
Choosing a good one
Kaci saying ‘cheese’ in front of some pretty flowers holding her own personal little watermelon
Colton riding Chip and wearing Grandpa’s hat (because according to Colton that’s what you do when you ride a horse)
Kaci wanted to pet him but did not want to ride him at all.
After we left my parent’s house we came home and set the skunk trap and went inside to wait. After about an hour we had caught the neighbor’s cat so we had to let him go and reset it, a few hours later Weldon went out to check it and sure enough we had caught our skunk! Weldon had researched what to do at this point (thank you YouTube!) so he knew what to do. He held a blanket up really high so the skunk couldn’t see him and wouldn’t feel threatened and then slowly and carefully put the blanket over the cage. I stood a very safe distance away and held the flash light, but that still counts as helping right? Anyway, then Weldon carefully and slowly picked up the cage and carried it a safe distance away from the house where we left it over night until we could decide what to do with it. The skunk was a little spotted skunk and it was so cute and little. We couldn’t just let it go though because even if we were able to release it without getting sprayed it would just go right back under our house, and we were not about to try putting it in our car to transport it some where else to let go. So as sad as it was our only option was to get rid of it, so the next morning the skunk got baptized and then buried. But the good news is our house doesn’t stink any more! I am glad that have Weldon around who can take care of things like this, because I would not have been brave enough to walk up to a caged skunk, or tough enough to take care of in once it had been caught. Thanks Weldon!!
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