This year we chose to try to get out of the heat of Phoenix and go up North to a Pumpkin Farm. I found a couple in Chino Valley which is near Prescott and while it was cooler, it was still not very “Autumn” like. We were going to go to Freeman Farms, which actually is a pumpkin farm, but they were no longer letting you go out into the pumpkin field to pick your own pumpkin and that was the only draw to that farm in my opinion. So, instead we went to the Windmill Farm Pumpkin Festival and we had a blast! They are actually a nursery and event facility, but they do a really nice job transforming their property to a Harvest Festival.
Brook in the Pumpkin Area of Windmill Farms
They had an area where you could buy food and sit and listen to some live music and toss some horseshoes…
The Live Music and Windmill Farms
Brook and Travis Playing Horseshoes
Blake had fun discovering what pumpkins were and understanding the texture of hay…
Blake in the Pumpkin Patch
We tried to get a good family photo in the pumpkin patch, but with two kids, it’s kind of hard…
The Newman's Picking Pumpkins
They had a hay ride, a “train ride” and pony rides…Notice Brook and her cowgirl hat…I tell you she has gone Country 
Brook on the "Train" Ride
People Getting Off the Hayride
Brook Riding the Pony
All in all it was a great family day and a great first pumpkin patch experience for Blake. I will admit that the Midwest is a much better place for the Harvest Festivals, but this one was great and it was very rustic, country, cowboy Arizona like.
It was worth the drive and I can see us trying to go even further up North next year…maybe Flagstaff?
Happy Halloween Everyone!
Blake and I at the Pumpkin Festival
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