Chili Cook Off

This was our second year to attend the Exceptional Foundation Chili Cook-off which raises money for special needs children programs.  Last year it was barely 30 degrees and pretty miserable.  We stayed about 30 minutes tops.  This year it was a beautiful spring day with highs in the 60's and a great time to be outdoors.  We stayed for hours and enjoyed all of the great activities.  

Caroline admiring her face painting

Catherine Ellis asked for a dinosaur of course!

David has been a member of Good People's (a local brewing company) chili cook off team for two years now.  He gets up at the crack of dawn with four other guys to cook chili and pass it out to hundreds of people.  In fact, their chili was so good this year they won Participant's Choice.  Catherine Ellis was so pleased that her Daddy "won first place."

Yay for great chili cook-off weather!

If Mr. Tucker is around - no one else matters

Eating some of Tucker's great chili

Good People's tent was right across from the kids play area, so play we did!  Stephanie joined us for the fun and helped me chase kiddos all day - thank you Steph!  What a fun spring day!  We're already looking forward to next year!

We ran into some pretty princesses on our way out!