...Pumpkin Carving...

...immediately after I left the Alzheimer's Walk, Saturday...I went to Church for the Family Pumpkin Carving Event...

...we spread plastic tablecloths over the floor and taped them down...

...and the kids got busy with their designs...

...OK...is anyone else having a problem with Blogger turning their photos?...these pictures are definitely portrait and not landscape in any other viewer...I can't figure it out...

...well...obviously I did figure it out...I went into Picasa (where blogger stores its photos)...and rotated them there...still...that was weird and a lot of trouble...

...I love the little tongue stuck out for this hard work with the knife...it requires a lot of concentration...

...the icky part...

...we gave everyone a tray to put the 'pumpkin brains' in...

...the awards...borrowing a page from my Cub Scout Pinewood Derby days...I created an award for every possible type of pumpkin...no one would go home un-awarded...

...the judging...

...one of the happy winners...

...then it was outside for the seed spitting contest...which for some reason I was having trouble saying...I kept saying 'speed sitting' for some reason...I'm thinking next year we just need to have a contest to see who can sit down the faster...

...but I loved that I captured the seed mid-air on this spit...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!