Pumpkin Carving 2019

Right after the Fall Festival, we headed out to our annual Pumpkin Carving! Due to the last minute cooking issue, Mr.Pate couldn’t make it. 

Griffin cleaned a ton of the pumpkin out this year! 

Harry Potter! Not our best work, but it turned out better than I thought. We got into it and realized the glasses were just a huge whole and had to figure out how to keep them from falling out🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️! 

Griffin still won Cutest Pumpkin, which made his night. 

And cute Cameron won most detailed I think🤣🤣



All our winners! 

It was raining, so no fire and s’mores this year. 

Overall, I hated we were late, Mr.Pate wasn't with us, our pumpkin wasn’t the best it could have been, and we missed out on s’mores in the fire patio we got engaged in, but I love a good tradition anyhow and we got to see sweet friends that we don’t see often enough, had time together working and persevering on a project, and  Griffin got an award and gift card so I would say the night turned out pretty well! Ha! 

Pumpkin Carving 2014 Style

We had the annual pumpkin carving last night at Becky's. We actually got a late start thanks to our new pastime called three year old fits- no fun at all!! But we carved an Olaf pumpkin that looked good when lit up, but pretty rough when you looked close. Ha! I pretty much ruined both arms and we had to attach them via toothpicks. Not our best work, but whatev.
































And some fun comparison shots from the past few years :-)











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Pumpkin Carving 2013 Style

I cannot believe it's already pumpkin carving time again! Wow this year is flying by! We headed to Becky & Gary's tonight to do our annual Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza. It's one of my favorite traditions of the year. This year we were a few short due to some sickness and injuries, but we had a great time. Griffin and Jesse were the cutest things running around with each other. Here are some pictures, enjoy!
















































And just for fun- a look back at then and now, pumpkin carving edition ;-)









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Pumpkin Carving 2012

It's that time of the year again, Pumpkin Carving Time! And just like every other year, we headed to Becky & Gary's house for some intense carving. It is so funny to think how much Griffin has changed between last year and this year!! Here he is last year with his friend Jesse:

And this year:

We carved Elmo this year, pretty fitting huh?

Heres a look at the rest of the night... love our group!

Here is Griffin loving on Face, the largest cat I have ever known!