Carving Pumpkins

I always think that carving pumpkins is a great thing but the second I open the pumpkin to clean it out for carving I realize I have just undertaken a project that is more work than I actually care to do for a couple of days worth of decoration for a house.

witch over a cauldron

Last night I felt the same way, good thing pumpkin carving this year was a group effort activity. This pumpkin was carved by myself, Anya and Valerie. It still took the better part of an hour to get it all cleaned up and carved, even with three of us working on it. I have to admit I walked away the most but I would come back every now and again to put in some work, just in case our team won the carving contest. It came really close, we might of for sure won if we had picked the hardest pattern to do. It was the prettiest but would of been way too hard to actually carve out. It seems that though it was a small activity we all had a great time anyways and that is what Family Home Evening is really all about.

Corn Maze Adventures

Had a great time at the corn maze this last weekend. There are many other activities there other than just walking around in the corn maze. We got to shoot corn out of a corn cannon and pumpkins from a giant sling shot. There was great food, homemade fudge in all kinds of delicious flavors and winning free stuff from the radio station that was there that day. I am excited to go back at night time and go through the night maze and haunted houses that they have there.

Corn Maze entrance

Lea picks out the perfect pumpkin to sling shot

Epic win, I hit the target with the corn

Team work to launch the last pumpkin, it went pretty far