Grand Prize - Pumpkin Decorating Contest 2012

Guess who won Grand Prize for their pumpkins at the the fair?

M (who is 6!) won Grand prize in the student division and surprisingly, I won in the adult division!

Mine is the bee and M's is the Charlie Peanut's Great Pumpkin Patch

NPF Fair 2012

This year we took a family picture at the NPF Fair. We had a great time...lots of great memories and wonderful traditions!

The Pumpkins 2012

S's pumpkin this year for the Pumpkin Decorating contest at the NPF is....

A pirate!

M's is .....

the Great Pumpkin Patch Charlie "Peanut"

B's is....

Afro Circus from Madagascar 3

E's is....

Duck Dynasty

They all did such a great job...we will see who wins on Friday!

It's Painting Time!

We are working on the pumpkins for the pumpkin decorating contest at the NPF. Any guesses what they will be this year???

Patriotic Picnic

Every year our small town holds a Patriotic concert on the square. It is such a wonderful evening sharing a picnic with friends while listening to a local orchestra play patriotic songs. I just love our small town!!!!

New Home Ornament

I love getting Hallmark ornaments to represent things that happen in our family throughout the year. Since we built our new house in 2011, I wanted to get a "New Home" ornament for us. Sadly, I waited too long to start looking and could never could find one at our local Hallmark store.

I was in Books a Million the other night (a store I rarely go to!) and they had a small display for Hallmark ornaments. They only had a few ornaments left and were marked way down.  I decided to go take a look just to see if they happen to have a New Home one.

To my delight I found one! Actually, there was only one left and I can't tell you how excited I was to find it!

The best part was that it was only $3! (Originally, $15.) I also think it is pretty cool that the house is green just like ours :)

Christmas Parade

Yesterday was a busy day for us. It was Scot's birthday and the wedding of one of my cousin's. We did however, manage to squeeze in our small town's Christmas Parade. It is something the kids look forward to every year!

Scenes from around the Fair 2011

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Every year the kids enter the Pumpkin Decorating contest at our local fair. This year, the 3 older kids all won FIRST place in each of their age categories!

E with her Angry Bird. This was her first year competing in the Jr High division!

B painted his pumpkin to look like a football.

S painted a farm scene all the way around the pumpkin.

M was so excited to finally be old enough to enter too! She won Honorable Mention in the K5 division for her pumpkin.

Christmas Parade 2010

Today our little town had their annual Christmas parade. We love joining in on the festivities celebrating the Christmas holidays. This year we are living near the square and were able to just walk up the street to be along the parade route!

Scot and B played football in the street before it started. There are not many times when you can say you played ball ON Main Street!

Of course, Santa made his appearance and a certain 4 year old was pretty excited to see him ride by in his horse drawn carriage.

Parade 2010

The parade always begins with a truck dumping peanuts down the center of the road. Kids and adults alike pick up as many peanuts as possible to enjoy during the parade.

Scot and M picking up peanuts.

Scot helping B fill up his bag with peanuts!

Scot helping M and her friend E shell their peanuts.

S loving Cotton Candy - pink of course :)

E with her friend R enjoying candy apples!

The kids with our cousin Billy.