October Fest

For the longest time, it has been a tradition in the Wilber home to have what is called an "October Fest" every year at this time. It is kind of like a harvest party I guess you could say. We start around 4 in the afternoon with relay races, sack races, and tug of war. Then we bob for apples and eat donuts on a string. When it the sun starts to go down, we eat chili and cornbread. Don't forget the homemade root beer for a drink!




Katleyn and Brayden didn't want to eat it off the string so they cheated a little. Donut anyone?



Brayden and Bryson are both the same age. Cute cousins!



We usually have a bonfire to get warm and roast marshmallows.



We also have a pinata for the kids to bust open. This year we had so many kids that we had to break open two pinatas for there would be enough candy for everyone.





Katelyn actually scalped the horse when she it it.



Now that your tummy is full and you have lots of candy, it's time for the hay ride!




There actually ended up being about 100 people there. My sister invited a family from her ward that adopted several children and many of their own. Their family brought 24 people with them! They were all so sweet and very well behaved. Many of them come from Haiti. We played soccer with them all when they first arrived. It was really neat to have them there because they made the tug of war really fun and all the kids sang primary song during the hay ride. It was really neat!