Today, we had some pre-Halloween celebrations up here at the Element Fusion offices. First, we continued the Element Fusion chili cook-off tradition. Sure, it's been almost two years since our last cook off, but nonetheless, it's still somewhat of a tradition. Also, we held our quasi-annual pumpkin decorating contest. Even though we didn't bring back the costume contest from last year, we still had lots of fun and lots of winners.
Here's a look at the festivities and the winning entries in pictures, below.
A look at the pumpkins awaiting their judgement.
This giant pumpkin, created by Natalie, took first prize for its creativity and the enormous effort of just bringing it up to the office.
Matt Grimm's tribute to the LightCMS logo took second place with it's meticulous detail.
Neill Harmer's painted superhero pumpkins came in third.
Here's a look at the first place chili winner, created by Joseph Donley.
The second place chili above is by Deanna Carter, who won the hearts of judges by including bacon.
The third prize for Chili went to this vegetarian offering from Amine Ouahidi.
Here's a look at owner and judge, Ryan Whitaker, deeply considering his voting decisions.