Annual pumpkin patch returns to Cape

Chris Krost, right, and fellow volunteers unload pumpkins on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Grace United Methodist Church members unload pumpkins onto the lawn outside the church, creating a pumpkin patch on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Quinton Kelley, left, and Dulina Dias, 15, pass a pumpkin between them on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ian Petzoldt, 9, carries a pumpkin on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Quinton Kelley, left, Trevor Milam and son Caleb Milam, 4, unload pumpkins from a trailer on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Luke White, 8, carries a pumpkin on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Community members unload pumkins onto the lawn in front of Grace United Methodist Church on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Volunteers and Scouts unload pumpkins on Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Volunteers line up pumpkins in the grass, creating a pumpkin patch for the season on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Community members unload pumkins onto the lawn in front of Grace United Methodist Church on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Young kids walk past a field of pumpkins on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Volunteer youth set pumpkins on the lawn of Grace United Methodist Church on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Community members unload pumkins onto the lawn in front of Grace United Methodist Church on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kids carry pumpkins on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Alan Kesterson carries pumpkins in his arms on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)

Scouts Pack 20, Troops two and 22, helped unload 2,877 pumpkins from a semi trailer on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. (Megan Burke ~ Southeast Missourian)