Our 12th annual BYOP and Fall Festival was an absolute blast. It is clearly our biggest event of the year and we enjoy it so much. Thank you to everyone that helped and celebrated with us. We are looking for more volunteers for next year, please let me know if you are interested. And don’t forget to order apparel!! http://www.cafepress.com/annualbyop

Rachel and John Patrick.
Love Kevin’s red hair.
And here is the buried treasure corn game.
It was a huge hit!! But very messy!
I love this photo because there are six separate vignettes that are occurring. Let’s begin on the far left. John Butch is looking at the corn mess and thinking, “there is gonna be corn in my kid’s diaper for days.” The four little ones that are sitting on the edge of the yard are saying, “do you think we should go on that haunted trail? It doesn’t look so scary, are you going? I dunno, are you? Maybe if my mommy holds my hand.” Alex (standing by fire pit), “I need to amass more candy. This is not enough.” My parents and Rachel, “Yeah, this is really fun, Heather and Craig go all out, but she’s crazy if she thinks I’m helping to clean up.” The bigger kids on the hay wagon, “HEY! Let’s run over here, scare the little kids then run around the house like freaking maniacs!!”

My friend Michelle was the official BYOP Co-Director this year. I can’t thank her enough for all of her effort, dedication and time; the job is not as glamorous as one might think. And no one works harder than this lady.
Before they could begin carving, the tweens had to get ready for the haunted trail.
I asked Michelle to take a photos of us, good thing I was paying attention.
This pumpkin carving is serious business, just look at the concentration on those faces.
See what I mean?
Even Leroy got in on the action, typically he is too busy prepping food to carve.
I’m pretty sure this was a very serious team meeting.