Fall Festival Tailgate

When you think of church and you think of Halloween, you normally think trunk or treat or fall festival.  Well, our church combines these and steps it up a notch by adding tailgating to the mix.

What happens is each small group comes up with a theme and they set up a "tailgate" designed around this theme.  This was our first year so we didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into.  We had heard that some groups went all out and we thought it would be fun to try.  So, our theme was "Down the Farm".  Each group was to give out candy and then have some sort of finger food to sample.  We had pigs-in-a-blanket, some normal ones and some gourmet (that is what I like to call them - they were Mexican and buffalo style). 

You could see the big red barn from the parking lot - loved it!

And having 'Auburn Tigers' centered made it even better...Brad and Jason must have set up the tent...hehe.

4 of the kiddos

The girls

The cutest ladybug ever!!

And the cutest cow ever!  Thanks Christina for making our AWESOME backdrop - it was a huge hit!

I think we did pretty well for our first year.  The group on one side of us had 2 chefs from The Grand Hotel (like as in the Marriott Grand Hotel) and had made yummy pumpkin mousse, some may say cheating, I say using your resources.  Some other cute themes were Willy Wonka, Wizard of Oz, Christmas, and "Pony up for Jesus" who had pony rides.  The tailgate ended right when we won the "Heartburn Award" for our buffalo piggies.  Can't wait for next year - the wheels are already turning for our next theme!