Monday, October 24, 2011

5th Annual Pumpkin Carve

Every year we anxiously await the kickoff to Halloween, the Pumpkin Carve. Throughout the year Jeff meticulously plans every game, activity and of course the surprise! I however, just take care of the food, easy in light of all of the planning he does:) This year we had a modest 65 people, down a bit from last year. The kids seemed to enjoy the carving, the games, the movie and SURPRISE, the fireworks which were quite a hit.

Busy carving.

Behind carving, Beyblade was another popular activity of the night.

When most of the kids finished carving their pumpkins, Jeff planned some games to let the adults finish their pumpkins in peace. Here they are playing "Pass the Pumpkin" (played like "hot potato").

The the traditional screening of "It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" on the projector.

This year instead of bobbing for apples, we opted to tie them up and see who could bite into one first. With a nip in the air, I didn't want to be responsible for anyone catching a cold from being drenched in apple bobbing water:) While fun, we still have some kinks to work out of this game for next year.

The crowd enjoying the fireworks!

Can't leave without taking some goodies:)

3 comments:

Sarah said...

you.are.amazing. seriously! the hostess with the mostess! i'm impressed that 65 people is, um, modest?! it looks like so much fun and i'm so happy for a great group of friends you can laugh and fellowship with!

Unknown said...

Once again, we had a great time. Complete with the kids eating a snickers on the ride home. It helped quiet the whining from having to leave "The best pumpkin party EVER" - from Garrett :) and I have to agree - you guys make this night so fun - already looking forward to next year!

Melanie said...

It was a GREAT pumpkin night, for SURE! We had a wonderful time, as always & are already looking forward to next year...and all the new surprises up your sleeves!