Harvest Festival

On October 30th our ward had its annual Harvest Festival with trunk-or-treat. The young women I work with helped with the face painting and boo pop booths so that is where I spent most of my time. Rich is also on the activities committee so he spent a lot of his time helping the activities chair. Ava being the wonderful little girl that she is was content to go back and forth between the two of us. We made sure she got to do some of the activities and I of course took her trunk-or-treating while Rich passed out candy at our car.

Ava was mostly overwhelmed by the whole thing. She didn't have the greatest nap, so was also very tired. This combination didn't help when she encountered a hammerhead shark monster from Pirates of the Caribbean. I didn't witness it, but Rich said she was terrified and lost it. They had to leave the cake walk because she was so upset. Ava was much happier later in the evening when she found her friends Andrew, Tessa, Ellie and Jill.

It is really hard to get a family photo, but on this day we were blessed. As we were taking pictures in front of our house a lady drove by and saw us. She drove around the block, came back, and asked if we would like her to take a family photo. We of course jumped at the offer and were appreciative to this kind stranger.

Ava with her friends Tessa and Ellie.

Ava with her buddy Andrew.