Here are some pictures from last weekend's First Annual Pumpkin Carving Party. It has to be an annual tradition because we have so much Halloween and pumpkin carving infrastructure now that it would be a shame not to have it every year. Besides, Kevin's family has held a pumpkin carving party back in Baltimore for over 30 years. We are merely carrying the tradition to the west coast. We even made his Grandmother's Hungarian GHOUL-ash for the occasion.
The lineup in the light.
The true test of a carved pumpkin.
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| Todd with the world's thickest pumpkin. |
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| My prize winning kitty-cat. |
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| My prize winning kitty-cat anus. |
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| Kevin and his creation. |
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| Mike and Amber with, far and away, the best design. Their Space Needle and witch just weren't deep enough for the light to shine through. Too bad, 'cause this could have easily walked away with it all. |
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| Kim, Nellie, Patty and Paul hard at work. |
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| Kevin giving his pumpkin a colonoscopy. |
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| Pumpkin carving is hard work. |
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| Everyone hard at work. |
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I am always impressed with the quality of carvings people do. Yes, stencils were allowed and most people used some kind of stencil but even with that in mind I thought the gourds turned out fabulously. Unfortunately, Kevin and I won second and first place respectively. You never want that to happen when you are the hosts. We kept some of the goodies out of the prize bags but did give most of it away. OK, not most. I hung onto the movie tickets and some Seattle Chocolate truffle bars we bought.
I hope everyone has a happy day and gets rid of their mini-chocolate bars quickly.
1 comment:
Looks like so much fun!! We had our pumpkins on the front porch and the squirrels ATE THROUGH THEM before carved them. First it was just the outside, then they broke through, ate holes and started digging out the insides. Our front porch looks like a murder scene. : )
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