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Nestled in the midst of days of bad weather, the rain stopped, sun peeked through the clouds, the temperature sprung above 70 degrees and the winds died down.  We had a perfect day for the bash!  And amazingly enough the rain even held off until the tents were down and everything was packed away - and then 30 seconds after we got into our vans to take everything back to church the clouds let loose and it began to pour!  Wow - we thank God for the break in the storms and for the opportunity to spend a great afternoon together.

The weather didn't seem to scare anyone away - over 600 people came out for the festivities.  The "through the river and through the woods" hit hay ride was back along with square dancing, a petting zoo, live music by the Wooden Rockers, outstanding food, excellent pie, bounce houses, games for the family, pumpking decorating, face painting, pie eating contests, great fellowship... it was a really fun afternoon.

In case you weren't there for the contest winners, or if you want to know who to turn to when you need a really good pie (or someone who's really good at eating pie, if that need ever comes up...), here's the low down: 

Pie eating contests:

• 10 and Under:  Rachel Shearer
• 11-12 year old:  Sami Pilkington
• Men:  Robert Baldwin
• Pairs: Todd & Becky VanDerVoorn 

Pumpkin Decorating:   Mondo Torres
 
Baking Contests:

• Best Fruit Pie:  Amy Schwarz - Carmel Apple Pie
• Best Holiday Pie:  Cory Frieders - Pecan Pie
• Best Cream Pie:  Bethany Capp - Brownie Pudding Pie
• Best Chocolate Chip Cookie: Rinker Family
• Best Suar/Spice Cookie:  Tori & Melissa Underwood - Ginger Snap