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Fall Harvest Festival was a huge success..

18 years ago

We had over 60 people...lots of food...lots of laughs...

I stepped in a hole and fell. I fell hard...my feet and back were just burning..but now that I've come in and set down with my feet up everything feels better.

I knew the hole was there...We had taken down a shed this summer We got all the wood hauled to the burn pile (that is when I cut my hand) The broam grass grew like weeds there...Couldn't mow because there were concrete blocks, big ones that were sitting under edge of shed supporting it. We finally got the blocks out and Denny mowed it yesterday...

Where the blocks were sitting left big holes...I kept telling everyone to watch out for the holes, then I was the only one to step in one....lol.....can you believe that.....I'm a clutz.

One of the young men brought a big John Deere tractor and huge wagon filled with hay bales and they had hay rack rides all evening...the went up our road which goes clear up the hill and around a huge circle then back down to our place again...it took about a half hour...I think he took them four or five times. Everyone loved it.

I didn't know they were bringing that...That was a real bonus.

I took family pictures again like last year. When I get them printed out I'll post one for you.

We just really had a good time...and the ladies came in and made sure they left my house like they found it...That was wonderful.

Oh yeah..and the best weather we've ever had. We didn't even need jackets until about 8:00

patti

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iowagirl2006
18 years ago
That sounds lovely Patti - what perfect weather we have been having.
gemini40
18 years ago
Patti, sounds like a real fun time...can you post pictures? Would love to see some. Glad your foot injury is not serious.

june
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lydia1959
18 years ago
Sounds like a perfect party - except for you falling in the hole! Hope you aren't feeling any pain today.
OklaMoni
18 years ago
Patti, the hostess with the mostess! :)

I don't see, how you keep doing those. Sure sounds like a lot of work, but then I realize, how much fun you have when everyone is there, and I know, why you keep doing them.

That is a lucky group of 60, that made it to the Festival this year.

Congrats on pulling it off, once again, but argh on the hole stepping.

That is just to bad, that it happened. Have Denny put something in those places, upturned flower pot or something, till he gets around to filling all them holes.

Glad you feel ok, but sure hope, you didn't pull anything.

Moni
jannie
18 years ago
Sorry you fell, hope you're feeling better!
pattico_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
This is one of the family pictures I took...there were 9 families that had their pictures taken...

I went to Walmart today and had 5x7's made for them.

This young couple are the ones who brought the tractor and hay wagon.
{{!gwi}}
Linda Wayman
18 years ago
Patti, I thought about your harvest festival Friday. It sounds like such a fun time and I know you are a fun hostess. That's nice of you to have pictures for the families.
I wish I had the land to do something similar. I have a friend a few towns over that used to do something like that. I took my granddaughter there back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We always had a gteat time.
I hope your back is okay.

Linda
hayjud_mn
18 years ago
Patti,
You always do such a wonderful job of planning those fun times. Having perfect weather is always going to make things better. Your group of friends sounds like "no-fail-fun."

I guess if someone were going to fall, I'm sure you feel better about it being you rather then a visitor. Take good care of yourself. Sounds like you could use some babying for a while.

I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures.
Thank you for sharing the fun!

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