My inlaws' 9th annual fall festival was held yesterday. After days of rain, we were blessed with beautiful weather ~ such an answer to prayer! The only downfall was that the ground was pretty muddy.
We started selling homemade (on the spot) donuts and fresh cut fries. My mom did that for my inlaws so I helped her (she prepared food while I attended to the customers). Oh my...it all smelled wonderful...but I didn't eat any...not one bite! :o)
So I was busy most of the day there while other family and friends were busy helping in other ways...by the end of the day, we were all ready to *drop*! I think everything was a success though! We sold out of chicken dinners (which they sell down in front of the meat market...) and donuts...and the fresh-cut fries were a *huge* hit!
Here's a look at the lines of vendors...
I took my knitted items and set them out...but I didn't sell any. That's okay though! :)
See, in the photo below, you can see my lunch bag down in the right corner (with the flowers on it). I take it most places with me if I am going to away from home during meal time. I always pack my own food so I don't get tempted with other things!
Scarecrows...
Some of the pumpkins my mom and sister painted and sold at the festival (there were more, but I didn't have time to really take many photos until the end)...
The few mums left over at the end of the day (all the rest were sold!)...
Below is my Christopher (in the maroon shirt) talking to our pastor (he and his family all came to enjoy the festival!) and to the right side of the photo are our friends Rob and Chris. They (out of Christian love and kindness) came and helped us most of the day. They did all kinds of work...helping wherever they were needed and we are just so thankful for them. Good friends are such a blessing!
Madelyn helped some, at the stand where mom and I were working. Here she is, making change (such a great real-life learning experience ~ do you think I could count it as a school day? hehe!)...
They were letting the children sing if they wanted to, during the festival, and to my surprise, Xavier stepped right up! There he is, in the green shirt, singing. That's Jaxson in the tie-dyed blue shirt, hanging on the rope, laughing! ;)
My pictures aren't great...because as I said, I was super busy and didn't have time to really get some good photos. Eloise, my niece, was there too...and I thought I had gotten a photo of her...but I didn't :(. I know my sister took some though. Hopefully she will post them on her blog! She was her ever-so-cute-self!
Thanks for coming by...and thank-you to everyone who stopped by the festival yesterday!!
Warmly,
Katy