~* Autumn Decor & Hustlerfest Fun *~

So I've begun my fall/halloween decorating. I should have moved my truck so it wasn't in the background before taking this photo - oh well . . . notice two of our kittens are peeking in through the window ~ hee hee.

Mike is always complaining that my decor is just too "cluttered" . . but ya know what? I don't care. I like how it comes together. Until I get a larger house, I want to have my favorite things on display, and since we don't have a lot of room to display my things right now, they'll have to be together as they are. If we had more space, I either would have things more spread out or . . just maybe . . who knows . . . I just might be compelled to buy more to fill up the space. LOL I love my prim goodies and I feel the more the merrier, the more homey the feel.

A couple of weeks ago was our local fest. Abbie was in the pie eating contest for the second year in a row, this year coming in third. She's in red in these photos. Next to her in the green top is her cousin, my niece, Kate. Good thing the pie is pumpkin; otherwise, Abbie would not have been in it, as that's the ONLY kind of pie she will eat.

And she also competed in the kids pedal pull. Last year she won her age group. This year, she couldn't really pedal the small tractor as she was too big for it. Imagine an adult trying to pedal a baby tricycle - it's pretty hard to do when it's simply too small for you. Sure enough, for the next age group they brought out a larger tractor that would have worked much better for her. I told her she'll have to try again next year and will probably have better luck.

Jacob . . My Li'l Farmer Boy

Here's my li'l farmer boy, Jacob. He loves getting on anything that has wheels, so he had to hop on the li'l tractor that was at the Hustlerfest pedal pull. He's a bit too little to pedal it yet, but I bet when he's older he will give his sister some good competition.

Abbie Won!!

This picture of my little girl made the front page of a local online paper! Abbie was featured for being in the pie eating contest at the Hustlerfest this past weekend. She won against two boys! She also won the kids pedal pull against 6-7 year olds with about 15 kids in her age group, again also beating out the boys! She's 6 years old, going to turn 7 at the end of September, so she had some older kids against her. Go Abbie!!