Fall Festival

It just happened to work out perfectly that our church's Fall Festival was at the end of our Letter P week.  So even though Fall Festival starts with "F", there were plenty of pumpkins around to make it feel like a pumpkin festival - plus, Jenna wore her pumpkin shirt, so it works.  ;)

This was our church's 2nd annual Fall Festival and both years have been a lot of fun.  It's all free and there are game booths, candy prizes, door prizes, free lunch, inflatables, a costume contest (which we didn't participate in this year due to the fact that I'm behind on costume prep), a hayride, and pony rides.  Jenna has quickly figured out that you don't even have to win the games at the booths to get the candy prize - oh boy!  She was ALL about the candy, practically running from one booth to the next.  Of course we let them have a few pieces after dinner that night and I put the rest of the stash in a container in the pantry and, surprisingly enough, they've both forgotten all about it.  Maybe we can get that lucky with trick-or-treat candy too!

At the Fall Festival - both kids in their Halloween shirts.  Grant's is a glow-in-the-dark ghost shirt that I picked up at a garage sale this summer and Jenna's pumpkin shirt was handed down to us from a friend.  Believe it or not, the black shirt underneath was her Halloween shirt from last year with a glow-in-the-dark cat face on it.  I think this is the first time in her 3 1/2 years that she's stayed in one clothing size for more than one season.  I have to say, it's really nice!

The cutest little scarecrows.  I love how Jenna is the man and Grant's the little girl.  Haha!

On the hayride.  My cousin, Phil, drove the tractor for the hayride.  You can see his son, John, sitting up there next to him.  He loved helping his Dad!

Jenna on the hayride sitting next to her (2nd) cousin, Silas and another friend from church, Alyson.

Sliding down in the inflatable jumpy.  She loved this thing!  I think if that's all they had, she would have been completely happy.

Jenna on the big "pony."  There was a small pony there for the smaller children.  If you were over 50 lbs you had to ride the bigger one, so Jenna was in that line amongst all the big kids.  Grant and Drew stood in line for the small pony ride, but when it came to Grant's turn, he said he didn't want to ride it.  Stinker!  I think he would have enjoyed it, but no need to force it.

Brian, Kelley, and the boys came for a little bit, so we went on another hayride with them.  Aiden and Bentley's first hayride!  :)

A family pic on the hayride.

We had a great time and look forward to next year's Fall Festival!