Pumpkin Frenzy

Tuesday night Rachel and Jamie had a group of friends over for a pumpkin carving contest and it was so much fun! We have not carved pumpkins in so long and it was a blast to get to do it again (and we look forward to doing it every year from now on!). While the boys carved away in the garage (for about 2 hours) the girls and the babies stayed inside and talked and ate and played. Above is a picture of Cole and his pals...Nathan (7 months), Audrie (9 months), Cole, and Ben (5 months). The babies had fun together and got along very well!

As you can see from this picture there were some beautiful and elaborate pumpkins! Everyone did a great job with their carvings but my favorite was this one....

I thought it was so ironic that Rhonald carved a spider into his pumpkin because he absolutely hates spiders. And not just a little bit...a lot! I will say, although the spider did not win 1st prize I was impressed because Rhonad was the only person to carve his pumpkin without a stencil. That should count for something right?!

Everyone had such a great time and we are so thankful to Rachel and Jamie for having us over. We hope that it was the first of many pumpkin carving parties that they will host (hint, hint)!