good break, bad break

Minnesota schools have a wonderful statewide 4-day weekend every mid-October, and because I work the school schedule, so do I!  We stuck close to home and enjoyed lovely weather.

We started the weekend out by picking out pumpkins at our favorite local pumpkin patch.

The next day we crossed the river, and visited Willow River State Park in Wisconsin.  Even though it's only a half hour from our house, we had never been there!  There are so many beautiful places to discover.

Another new thing we tried was the Jack-o-lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo, where there are over 5000 jack-o-lanterns on display.  We had a lot of fun and it was worth the price of admission.

I'm so glad we had a good break, because the bad break came the very next week.  Reggie was tackled on a kick return and broke his left ankle.