Annually, there is a Pumpkin and Chili Festival at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek, Arizona. I began attending this event last year and enjoyed it so much, I invited my sister and my nephews to meet up with me this year. My boy couldn't make it this year. I liked it so much because it is clean, family fun. The tickets were $16 at the admission gate and discounted of $3 if we purchased them at Fry's Food Stores. The ticket included the huge corn maze, BMX bike stunt show, pig races, petting zoo, dog show, and various rides to include a roller coaster, mechanical swings, kiddie airplanes and bumblebees, the super slide and the vintage decorated carousel.At an extra cost, items from vendors and farm shops, food and pumpkins from the pumpkin patches could be purchased. Although, I must say, the pumpkins are pricey... better off going to the grocery stores or farmers markets.
Below is a group shot snapped just as we came into the entrance.
Here is one of the best parts about coming to the festival: Homemade Chili and Cornbread!
This meal came with farm-made brownies and roasted sweet corn.
As we ate, there was a band to entertain the crowd eating at the picnic benches.
One of my nephews riding the vintage carousel and in the petting zoo with the goats and sheep
(I'm not sure he's liking the smell by that look on his face!)
All in all, (with the exception of the bump on a log I brought along), it was a great family day!
These are the moments that make me happy we moved to the outskirts near my sister.
The simple life is a loving life.
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