Cornbelly's

Saturday we made plans to go to the Benson Grist Mill for their annual pumpkin walk. It's free and people in the community carve pumpkins that you can go and look at. A bunch of crafters are there selling things and there are usually a few activities for the kids. We also planned to go to the pumpkin patch in Tooele and pick a pumpkin off the vine. At the last minute we decided since we were going to be in SLC for our ROCK party we'd try something different.

We looked up pumpkin patches on the Internet and found lots of different ideas. In the end we chose to go to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. It was not just a pumpkin patch and hay rides. It was a whole huge carnival type thing.

We started off by going on an egg hunt in a corn maze.
Each person could find three orange and black eggs hidden throughout the maze. You got to keep whatever was inside them and at the end trade in the plastic eggs for a prize.

Inside the kiddie corral there were tire swings, slides, floating ducks, a cave hay maze, a hay bale maze, and this cute train.

There was a princess area, complete with a coloring castle. The girls were hard at work coloring pumpkin pictures. We had only been in the princess area a few minutes when they announced there were Princess Carriage rides available on the other side of the park...

We hurried to the other side and forked over $3 a girl for them to go on the very last ride of the day. Princess Penelope was very sweet and asked the girls lots of questions about themselves. They had a good time talking with her, and they really loved the ride.

After the ride the girls climbed up this huge stack of hay bales and went down some of the 6+ slides coming down. It was a blast for them! But a little worrisome for Mom and Dad when you don't know which way they're going to come down. It was about impossible to keep track of them, especially since they were too busy to stick together.

We then went on a hayride. It was fun, but extremely bumpy. Let me tell you, the carriage rides much better. I have a new appreciation for what the pioneers must have had to go through sitting in the covered wagons. I understand why they said it was better to walk than ride. We had fun, but our backs were a little sore after our 5 minute ride. I'd hate to have to do that day in and day out for months on end.

Then we walked through a 3-D house. It was really cool. They have you wear the special glasses. The pictures on the walls, the floor, and walls were all done with the 3-D paint. It was a little weird when the floor looked like it was a good 6 inches below what you were walking on. Allie got scared, expecting something scary, and Kayla got a little worried when there were bugs all over the walls.

Next we got in line for the another tractor pull ride. Aren't they cute in their Halloween shirts? Thanks Mom.

Daddy and Kayla

Allie and Mommy

Next was the cow train. Again the girls were in the last ride of the evening.

Allie was completely worn out by this point...

or not. She is however quite the little actress.

Then we went to the giant jump pillows. They have three sizes for the whole family. The girls were both too tall for the smallest and started on the middle size.

They decided to head to the biggest but Kayla first stopped for a ride on possibly an elephant.

The big pillow was tons of fun! You could jump really high, but poor Allie could hardly stay upright with all the big bouncing going on (sorry it was really dusty and my camera focused on the dust); so Daddy had to hold her.

We then headed back to the princess area stopping by this giant rocking chair.

They have a whole area for dress up. They girls got turned into princesses. The employees were so good with all the little princesses and princes (it was the first time I've ever seen prince costumes). They also have an area where you can purchase costumes and hair accessories.

I guess this carriage was used at a Cinderella movie premiere in 2005. It would have been cool to go for a real ride in this.

Finally the girls jumped off any energy they had remaining in the princess castle bounce house.

The whole thing was lots of fun-not cheap, but fun. After all that we left without getting a pumpkin. The prices on their pumpkins seemed too high so we decided to just get them at Tooele anyway. It was a fun place to take the family. We learned a few things for if we ever go again. 1st-Do not use up all your cash to get in. Use the debit card for entrance so you have money for food and other activities. 2nd-Bring shoes for the kids that are easy on and off-you'll be doing that a lot. 3rd-Make sure you have plenty of battery life and room on your memory card. There are lots of places for picture taking. 4th-Go a little earlier in the day so you don't run out of daylight and have to leave before the "haunted" activities start. 5th-It is expensive. If all you want is a pumpkin, this is not the place to go. If you're looking for a fun family activity that will keep everybody entertained for hours, this is a good choice.