Cooking and Pumpkins

This past weekend was a quiet one, but we needed it after the busy week we had ;). On Friday, Habitat for Humanity held an event called COOKING TO BUILD! We had several booths set up around the Mboro Civic Plaza. Each booth/group was responsible for making 3 - 5 gallons of their favorite chili, soup, or stew dish. Habitat charged people $10.00 for unlimited tasting as well as dessert. This little event was my baby for the last three to four months and I must say it was a huge success ;)! I hope you enjoy some of the pictures...


The beautiful banner that was made by one of our Habitat employees ;).


I apologize for the dark picture, but this is April Smith and one of her friends at their Pampered Chef booth. April is a faithful blogger and just as kind in person and she is in print!


I was so excited because I found this great group of people who were willing to play bluegrass at the event for FREE! It made the event have a more down home feel ;)!


And this ladies is my wonderful husband who had a booth and took home the GOLDEN BOWL AWARD for his famous Taco Soup! He was such a big help throughout this event ;)!

Also, a special thanks to Meag for helping me that day!

Saturday and Sunday were spent doing chores, helping friends, and working on our house ;)! BUT, on Saturday afternoon we took Vance to the Walden Farm's Pumpkin Patch ;)! We had the best time playing games, petting animals, picking out a pumpkin, and going on a hayride. We are definitely going to make this a family tradition! Thank you April for suggesting such a GREAT place ;)!


Our little pumpkin posing inside of a pumpkin ;)!


Vance picked out his very own pumpkin and carried it over to Web and I. He is such a strong little man ;)!


Vance sitting on his daddy's lap and enjoying the hayride ;)!


Vance found one of his favorite things...a tractor! Naturally we had to pose for a pic ;)!

It was a GREAT weekend! Vance is saying his name really well and has fallen in love with coloring ;)!