The Great Pumpkin Contest

The first Sunday in October is a day we look forward to for months. It all starts on Mother's Day when each cousin gets to pick out their giant pumpkin plant at Grandma and Grandpa Sproul's house. They have until the first Sunday in October to grow the largest pumpkin they can. It looked good for us for awhile but somehow we got passed up again this year.

The biggest pumpkin weighed in at 99.4 pounds and Charity was the winner. According to my sister, Emily, they stuck their plant in some hard piece of ground and pretty much did nothing after that! What luck!

The other results were:

2nd place: Parker 65.8 lbs.
3rd place: Payson 51.8 lbs.
4th place: Douglas 45.6 lbs.
4th place: Stockton 45.6 lbs.
5th place: Mason 23.0 lbs.
6th place: Wilson 10.8 lbs.
7th place: Jordan 10.6 lbs.
8th place: Sarah 6.0 lbs.
9th place: Bridger (didn't quite get one to grow)

Grandpa doesn't count in the contest but his weighed in at 27.0 which would have put him at a solid 5th!

This is such a FUN tradition my parents started. Next year The Orchard's will be victorious!

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