Betty's Blog: First Annuall Pumpkin Carving Contest

I came up with the idea of having a pumpkin carving contest and Savanna agreed it would be fun. So last night was the best time for everyone to be able to be here. Matt, unfortunately, agreed to go to Busch Gardens, with some friends,at the last minute so he couldn't join us. We invited Dave and Lee to join us and Savanna invited Lance. We started kind of late because Savanna didn't get off work until 6:30 and Ryan didn't leave work until after 7. So, we went ahead and ate and started gutting the pumpkins before Ryan got here. I had made a big pot of chili and we had some queso dip and Lee brought some yummy cornbread. After we finished eating we headed outside and started on the pumpkins. I had forgotten about the yuckiness of the insides and the smell too. It has been quite a while since we have carved pumpkins. Brad cleaned out my pumpkin and Dave cleaned out Lee's - yes,we wimped out. So, then the designing process started. It took a bit before we were all ready to start but we slowly decided on our designs and began. Dave and Savanna used patterns, I think Brad did too but he free handed (knived) his onto his pumpkin. They all turned out pretty neat - mine excepted it was lame! But, I was also taking pictures too, so I carved in between picture taking. Heres a few of the pictures that I took - more can be found on my facebook gallery

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