Pumpkin Party Declared Wild Success!!!

The 20th anniversary of Paula's Pumpkin Party was declared a wild success by all of those that attended yesterday in Raft River.  It was a beautiful fall day with abundant sunshine and mild to moderate breezes.  The vast open spaces, association of family, continuous flow of delectable food punctuated with football, naps and a hayride made it an event to enjoy and to remember.  

Here's a link to all of the hot dog modeling photos: http://www.techmarketingink.com/photos/111022_pumkin_party/

Cami, Taylor and I buzzed the house in the Mooney as we had picked the the plane in Logan early in the morning.  It was so fun to fly over a solitary building on the first pass and return on the second to see the house had spilled out a whole yard full of occupants waiving to us!  We flew back to American Falls and started making calls to hitch a ride.  First one was to Kent who just happened to be driving past.  

Food was wonderful and started with a breakfast potato casserole.  Catching up, exploring, watching the little ones like Francie and Ryan and touring the Bro Brat mobile kitchen.  Lunch was a "Bro Brat" extravaganza - gourmet hot dogs and brats with homemade buns and everything possible to put on them--including peach-mango salsa and guacamole! Kids played football, jumped on the tramp and Howard slept.  The hayride toured the dairy with pools of organic waste, sheds of feed, corrals of milk cows and rows of baby calf pens.  We passed loads of sugar beets, a potato piler loading out a semi and then toured the new Webb Basin greenhouse of which we were all envious.  Looking forward to fresh tomatoes in February! 

Great to have so many able to attend and missed those that couldn't be there--especially Grandpa and Grandma, plus David and Jordan; Kendrick, Megan and Jenny; Jessica and Clayton, Elder Larson and soon to be Mrs. Webb Madeline; Brandon, Ashley & boys, Jamie of Zagreb; Nick & Kelly, Elders Josh & Joe, Melissa & Erica; and The Ben & Janet fam.  

The finale for send off was Paula's maple bars--freshly made scones smothered in maple frosting.  Those left us all hankering for more and anticipating next year!