Harvest Party!

SO for the last 3-4 years we have been going to Laurel Community Church for the annual

Harvest Party on Oct. 31st. We meet Dave's side of the family and my parents came as well. And our dear friends, the Doran's, have come the last few years since it is right down the street from them. We prefer this than taking our kids out trick or treating. This year was a really fun year for Ethan. He actually got to help out with one of the booths. It was the fishing one where he stays behind a big wall and someone flings there string over the wall and he attaches some prize in the string with a clip. He loved it for most of the night. He still is a kid though and ended up, towards the end, taking his turn with all of the games. Before all the games start though, we feed on roasted hot dogs over the fire, chili and desserts. This year we decided to help participate in bringing food. You know we bring 6 people to an event like this with boys who can put away some food so I figured that we should now bring some food to share as well. It so happens that there are prizes for the chili and pies. The men make the chili and the women make the pies. Of course I helped with the chili making but Dave did his part as well. It turned out that ours won first prize. Dave got the Chili apron of the year award. I did not expect that at all. The rest of the night was fun games and prizes and for me, chasing a toddler around. We always enjoy this party and the kids always are so excited to go. At the end of the evening, Mia had a bucket full of candy and cookies. WOW! Was it full. Thankfully we got some prizes at home to trade them with. They got to keep 7 pieces of candy and a bag of cookies and then I stuck ALL the rest of the candy in a bag and sent it to work with Dave, otherwise you would have found me in it. Especially after those Reeses Peanut butter cups. Yummmm!

Presley and Lily