Roloff Farm

On Friday we were lucky enough to visit the Roloff Farm. Again, the Roloff’s are the the family from TLC’s Little People, Big World. It was an absolute BLAST! Jenn took the afternoon off and we met up with her at 1:00pm. I was nervous at how busy the farm would be, because on previous seasons of Little People, there were thousands of people visiting. I was hoping that since it was a Friday (weekday) in the middle of the day, it wouldn’t be too bad. I was right! We got there and people were there but it wasn’t crazy at all. To my surprise the parking lot was by the house.

It was surreal pulling up and seeing the farm, house, cars, barns, people that we had seen on a TV! At the end of last season they were just getting into the meat of the renovations on the house. It was cool pulling up and seeing the house all done. Amy’s van was even right out front in the driveway, along with Jeremy’s truck right outside. I felt like I’d stepped onto Hollywood Blvd!

We later took a tractor ride/tour around the farm and it took us right in front of the house. If you notice on the episodes that there is what looks like tinting on the inside windows. As we drove by we could see the tint, and they told us it was so the camera crew captures the natural light inside on their cameras.

When we parked, we made our way to the main part of the farm and to our surprise …. there was AMY! I have mentioned before what an admiration she is to moms. She has overcome so many obstacles on a personal level that to rise above all of those and be such a supportive and awesome mom, well it was inspiring. And to have her standing there was unreal. We chatted with her a bit and I gave her my corny schpeel about what an inspiration she was to me, even getting choked up! She was great, taking my hand and telling me her philosophy was just “what makes sense”. Then she wanted to meet Maysen and we got a group picture. I’ll remember that for a long long time.

Then it was pumpkin picking time!! This was a no-nonsense ordeal as Nate and Mase knew which ones they wanted and went for it! Shortest pumpkin pick I’d been on!

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We couldn't have picked a better day! The sun was out, the sky was blue, and the temperature was about 70F! It was a beautiful day ..

While waiting in line to buy pumpkins and tour tickets they have a few pieces from their old seasons and past days. This couch is featured in many of their very first episodes and they finally retired it on their last renovation.

Matt had a lot of complications as a child with his dwarfism. He spent a lot of time in hospitals imagining fun things to have in his backyard. One of these things was an old Western Town, which he was able to provide his children. What a good dad! Along with this western town there is a pirate ship, a castle for his daughter, an old Mill, Swiss Family tree house, a old mine shaft, and much more. The picture above is the Old Western Town, which was the stop on the tour we were able to get off and explore.

Matt's parents, Ron and Peggy, often "Sheriff" the Western Town. They've been featured on many LP, BW episodes as well.

On our way home we realized that gas had dropped under $3.00/gallon. We couldn't believe it! That's one good thing about our horrible economic disaster.

We had a memorable time at the Roloff Farm, and it will definitely mean more when we watch Little People, Big World on TLC on Monday nights. Such family fun ...