Cattle, Wheat, and Pumpkins?

I thought some of you might be interested in our story of how we started the pumpkin patch.  It all started about 13 years ago when my son Garrett and I visited some family that lived in Nebraska at the time.  They took us to a place called Vala's Pumpkin Patch near Omaha.  It has to be hands down one of the best pumpkin patches in the nation!  I came home to my husband and said, "honey we should start a pumpkin patch!  They took an old farm like ours and turned it into this huge deal.  We could do that here!"  He looked at me like I had lost my mind, and his reply was, "we grow wheat and cattle, NOT PUMPKINS".  End of story for a couple of years, I took him to see Vala's and he admitted it was a very fun and cool place but still held firm, "we grow wheat and cattle, NOT PUMPKINS".  So I gave up on the idea........then eight years ago we were on vacation in Colorado, the wheat price is the the same price his grandpa was getting 50 years ago.  Eric turns to me and says, "you know, maybe we should try growing some pumpkins".   I thought he had lost his mind or the altitude had affected his brain!  We came home and asked the rest of the family if they would like to help and here we are 8 years later getting ready to open for our 7th season.  It is more work, time, money, frustration, sleepless nights, sweat, and (did I mention work?) than we ever dreamed it would be!  But when things are going well and you get to hear the laughter of adults and children having a wonderful, fun day on the farm it is worth it all.