This past weekend we made a family trip to the pumpkin patch. However, this was not just any pumpkin patch. We went to Roloff Farms! One of my very favorite shows is Little People Big World which is filmed in Oregon. I convinced Bryce that we needed to make a visit to the Roloff farm to see where the magic happens. However when we arrived we found that we were at the end of a very long line of cars waiting to enter the infamous pumpkin patch. After waiting for about twenty minutes, Jay and Malina (Bryce's parents) and I got out of the car and started walking towards the entrance to see how long our wait would be. This is when we had our first encounter. From watching the show I knew that the Roloff family drove a beat up old Previa just like my family used to (may the green bean rest in peace.) As I was walking in the distance I saw a green, round blur approaching. I quickly recognized it as a Previa. While it passed me on the side of the road, I strained to see inside and saw that Zach (the little person twin) was inside. It was one of the most exhillarating experiences of my life. When we got close to the front the security gaurd told us we couldn't walk in to the farm but had to ride in our vehicle to the pumpkin patch. So Jay, Malina and I decided to grab some burgers at a nearby tavern and take them back to Bryce and Quin who were waiting in the stopped traffic. After getting our enormous lunch to-go we started walking towards the entrance. This is when we had our second encounter. The security gaurd let us pass because we said we were bringing burgers to our vehicle that was just up ahead. A moment later Matt Roloff drove up in his golf cart with the camera men in the back seat. He saw us walking and yelled "You guys can't walk in!" The cameras turned to the three of us and filmed us walking with our burgers. I was momentarily star struck so Jay yelled back that we were bringing our lunch to our car. Matt yelled back that it was fine. And we were left wondering when we would be starring in the next episode of Little People Big World.
While at the pumpkin patch we saw Zach ride by on a bike and Quin was admired by the cameramen (watch the turtle video and you will see them talking to me about Quin at the end). It was quite the adventure!
This month was marked by Quin's first trip to the beach. After Bryce finished the boards we decided to celebrate by going to Seaside. 
Because we brought Quin with us we found that we had good luck on this trip. I found my first Sanddollar,
we saw amazing ocean creatures like a Sea Lion and giant crab, 
and we even found a rainbow!
Quin is continuing to make many new discoveries. He likes driving with dad and diaper changes really aren't so bad
..and today he noticed his bunny on his little vibrating chair...check out his video. It is adorable! He also found that he likes books. Especially the one with black and white pictures.
Thank goodness for Grandma Donaldson who came to stay with us. She took the 10:00pm-2:00am shift with Quin for the first week. Boy am I missing her help now!
Aunt Haylee had help Grandma Donaldson redecorate the porch while we were at the hospital...it was a lovely homecomeing surprise!
In fact it seems like the majority of our waiting time has been spent eating whatever I seem to be craving at that moment. Last week we went to our favorite little Chinese place "The Essence of China" where I recieved the biggest bowl of egg flower soup I had ever seen. 
It was heavenly. And of course Haylee on August 1st Haylee and I went to Borders for the midnight release of Stephanie Meyer's Breaking Dawn. While there Haylee won a T-Shirt contest, 
but I won the reading racing and finished the book on my due date August 3rd. If anyone out there has finished the book...let me know! I am dying to chat about it with somebody! Until then I will just have to keep waiting...tick...tock..tick...tock.
