Haunting

Here it is, our masterpiece. (just don't look to close) We carved our pumpkin tonight - finally. In the past we have carved four pumpkins - each one gets their own - which is really fun and looks beautiful all along the porch...but, somehow I always ended up finishing all four. Well, this year we (I) decided to just do one. Everyone had to help and everyone had to agree how to carve it. Of course this could end up being difficult but...guess what? It wasn't! They all agreed, yes...one more time...They all agreed ...on what to carve and they all helped and they all had a good time. Really, I have the pictures to prove it! Now for those of you wondering why we would wait until the day before Halloween to carve our pumpkin - well, you must not live in Arizona. You see when you cut and carve a pumpkin and leave it on your porch for a few days in ninty plus degree weather....it is not a fun smell. The heat is not the Jack-O-Lantern's friend. But, on a good note, our kids can wear their costumes trick or treating with out their coats covering them up!

Pumpkin Carving

Dinner in a Pumpkin

Every year we do dinner in a pumpkin. Normally we love it. But this year... only Jessica and I did. I don't know what I did different but it wasn't quite as tasty. We'll blame it on the pumpkin! It was however, FUN & EASY!


Step 1. Clean it out!


Step 2. Cook up the meat and rice and sauce.



Step 3. Put it in the pumpkin Step 4 .Put the pumpkin in the oven
and bake it for an hour (we carve the other pumpkin while it cooks)

Step 5. Dish it up!
Best part? You get to throw away your baking dish!