corn maze

The girls and I spent the afternoon at Elida Home's corn maze. We volunteered for a few hours giving out maps and talking about the FSI (farm scence investigation) game. It is like the old clue game trying to figure out who has Farmer Joe. See there was an accident and one of the animals has Farmer Joe..you have to figure out what weapon, what location, & who did it. There is 12 acres of corn mazes a 1 mile, a 2.7 mile, or you can do both to solve the crime. The place is really neat. There is a corn cannon, a cow train, a straw maze, a corn box (like a sand box but all corn kernels) pedal cars, & at night there is a haunted maze. After we worked Jonathan, his sister Tiffany her boyfriend Frankie and his son Chansen all came out to have fun with us. We all went in the haunted maze...all of us even Tori. This was a 1st. She has always been to scared but she conquered her fear and had a ball.

wagon train

Some people say why do we go out and freeze our butts off, give up the electronic pleasures of life, no heat, & outside bathrooms 1 weekend a year? Well its for the memories we are making, the ghost stories we hear, the candy we win on the card games we play, the great food & family time we have, and its a family tradition. We have done it for 5 years but the Johnston/Reids have always done it. This year we spent the night at the fireman's camp instead of the usual camp it was different but loved being next to the French Broad River. It was cold but only got down to 40 degrees. No Snow this year...Yeah! I did burn the hashbrowns again but my omelet in a bag was a hit...Tori said they were good! Seem like we had about 50 wagons this year. Im glad the girls enjoy it and love the peace & quiet at night...beside the occasional laughter down from another wagon.

fair update

Ok everyone was saying I never updated my blog about the fair. Sorry we went from one thing to the next. After 2 weekends & a long week we ended up with 25 ribbons...1st,2nd,3rd,5th,7th,9th,10th, & a best in show. Yes I ate a lot of corndogs & we watched the pig races a few times. We got to ride a few rides and walk all over. I am on 1st name bases with Smokey Bear as many times we went to see him. We all had a great time. Some of us more than others. The girls did a great job at the goats, cows, cooking contest, & all the crafts. Still hearing the moooing in my sleep.

Scarecrow contest

The girls entered the Lake Julian scarecrow competition today. We did one to represent walking for a cure. There is a Mommy cancer survivor pulling a wagon with a little kid in it. I have to say it is really cute. Jonathan helped us build the skeleton of the woman out of PVC Pipe. The weather is beautiful here. It is so hard to believe it is October already.