Thursday, October 29, 2009

jack-o-lantern party

We had our 2nd annual Pumpkin Carving Party and had so much fun with everyone. Cooked tons of food and thankfully had Audrie there to taste test everything that came out of the oven...
We had lots of babies at the party (and we let their parents come, too). Here is the adorable William showing off his cute boo shirt!
I'm pretty sure Owen did not want me to take his photo...! :)
Ben was happy in his sweet ride...
And we were so glad Brett made an appearance since he's still recovering from his surgery. But, oh, such a sweet baby!
And little Nathan was so nice to show Audrie exactly how to get the food off the table...
And I guess John is showing Audrie here how to use a carving knife...
I actually joined the carving fun this year and decided to give it a shot.
But you gotta love a girl who can carve pumpkins in heels!!
Sam was so nice to clean out everyones pumpkin seeds and roasted them for us! (and it seems Audrie is like the Where's Waldo in every photo...)
Dave was so focused on his design- he was in his own little carving world for awhile. :)
But he finally rejoined the crowd after he finished his masterpiece.
It was a tough competition but I think we all agreed that Brandon and Erin had the most creative carving skills this year! (Their cannibal jack-o-lantern is eating a poor little helpless pumpkin...)
All the designs turned out great though! Here is Dave's haunted house- so cool!
And John's creepy grim reaper.
Jamie's wicked witch (complete with a wart on her nose).
And my Trick or Treat turned out pretty dang good, if I say so myself!
But the cannibal pumpkin was just amazing!
We were a little tired after everyone left, but well worth it all!
We had such a great time and now have some cool jack-o-lanterns on our porch for trick or treaters this weekend!