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| Will spent hours creating his masterpiece ~ and it was the Best of Show! |
Saturday, October 23, we had our Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. It is really fun to see the creative energy that starts flowing. Will spent a couple of hours on his pumpkin . . . he cleaned it out and scraped it until it was just the right thickness . . .
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| Here's Will's intricate carving |
Some of the designs are pure inspiration and others are taken from patterns that come with the carving tools or from the internet.
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| Brittany and Ethan |
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| Sydni and Jacob ~ this year's judges, thoughtfully contemplating the awards |
We give out awards ~ one for every pumpkin . . . most creative, best of show, funniest, etc. Jacob and Sydni judged this year's contest, took their responsiblities very seriously and they did a great job!
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| Just a few of the 20 pumpkin creations. |
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| Charlie and his Alls Hallow Tree |
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| Charlie ~ "Most Frightful Award" |
Charlie and Grandma worked on his pumpkin together. He chose the design, then we both worked on cleaning, marking and carving the pumpkin.
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| Tiffany and Ray ~ the Pumpkin Seed Chefs |
Brett likes baked pumpkin seeds, so Tiffany and Ray decided they would gather the seeds . . . it became a stalwart project . . . with 20 pumpkins, they ended up with tons of seeds, and we were up playing games after 1:00 a.m. just trying to get all those seeds baked . . .Tiffany created different flavors and they were good!
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| The cutest pumpkins~ Ashton, Hunter, Charlie, Kourtni and Ally |
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| Cory, Ashton, Hunter Brittany |
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| Megan and Ethan |
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| Brett and Tiffany |
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| James, Will, Charlie and Arianne |
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| Sandy and Ray |
