CHURCH FALL CARNIVAL

Another  flooding overnight rain. As I drifted off to sleep last night to the sound of pouring rain I knew the forecasters had missed the amount of rain predicted for our area.
This morning the bottom pastures were for the second time in a week standing full of water and there was 2.8 inches of rain in the gauge instead of the less than 1 inch predicted.

There were a lot of Mallard ducks enjoying the wind moving  water .

Lots of Canadian Geese are flying over headed south for the winter under the clearing skies today.

I finished chores and ate breakfast then we got ready for church. A crock pot filled with beef stew has been simmering all night and we put on a pressure pot filled with some of the fresh Kale greens and Collards from our garden to cook while we are at church.
#2 son and Tif are spending the morning here since they have a house showing today.
Church was full today and Pastor Craig preached a good sermon.
Everyone made it to lunch even d-in-love's mom stopped by for a visit and had lunch.
They changed our trunk or treat from outside to inside since the temps are in the low 40's and the wind is really high so we had to re-think our decor.
We were going to fix the Honda up to look like the whale that swallowed Jonah .Those decorations would not go inside so I combined with Re who was also doing a water scene. Hubbie drew a smaller whale .

Just as we got ready to head up to church to set things up the first snowflakes of the season were flying around outside  whiting out the distant mountains.

We sat our booth up and then I came home to get the chores done in the chilly afternoon.
The trees are really swaying with all the leaves still attached and lots of folks are already without power this evening.
The carnival tonight at church started out with a puppet show in the sanctuary that mesmerized all the kids.

Both grand girls were definitely mesmerized.

Our booth looked really good.

 I was ready to wade in the water !!!!  I had a rain sicker on but it got too hot really quick with all the people in the classroom.

D-in-love sat up her Fruit of the Spirit booth in our room and she and g-daughter RL looked great in their fruity costumes.

G-son did his own costume  !!!

He and his friend Nicholas had a good time.

RL had a great time and ate lots of candy !!!!

RL and BB cruised all the booths several times for more candy !!!

 It was a super fun evening and I am always amazed at all the kids who get dressed up and come through our carnivals. Their was a hotdog supper served in the fellowship hall with games ran by the church youth.

And hayrides outside if you were brave enough to get out in the cold wind.

We cleaned up our booths and headed out into the windy cold night.
 Hubbie and I came home and crashed to rest for the evening praying that we wouldn't loose our power in the high winds.
#2 son lost his power already and he just lives right up the road from us so we are going to bed with some extra blankets handy and crossed fingers .
Thankful tonight for the blessings of this day and praying that our outreach tonight gave God all the glory we intended.
God Bless and Good Night