A Surprise Fall Festival

We made a last-minute trip to McKinney to visit Julie at her school’s fall festival. Wow! I was totally blown away by all the amazing surprises B and I found upon arrival. The first one? Nowhere to park!!!

We were a little nervous to enter after seeing the massive crowd…

but when we found our way inside, we were seriously amazed. There was a HUGE silent auction (one prize was about $500 worth of restaurant gift cards!):

a delicious bake sale (Julie was manning this one when we came in…good thing I didn’t have any cash!):

 

a multitude of performances:

 

Bounce houses and Dicky’s Bar-B-Que catering:

 

Your traditional fall festival game booths:

  

And friendly jack-o-lanterns on the move (yes, it was about 80 degrees but she didn’t seem to mind):

You know this horse-lover wanted her little pumpkin to take a pony ride, but I decided to wait on it til next year :(

 

But neither of us could resist the petting zoo:

   

There was also a full-on mini craft fair going on inside. I bought B the CUTEST turkey onesie…personalized and everything for only $10! Score!

  

Ryan brought Abby up to the fair after Julie was done working:

 

My pumpkin was ready to head out to the parking lot where the train ride was happening!

Even Julie’s niece, Kinley, took a ride!

  

Abby and Kinley playing the Duck Pond game (they got prizes, but all these girls wanted was a rubber ducky from the pond!):

 

It was a great night! I’m so glad we decided to make the drive up to meet our special friends. We made some great memories and I can’t wait for the festival next year!!!