Pumpkin Madness

I learned today that as far as pumpkin carving goes - I've been doing it all wrong. I usually tote out a pumpkin a couple days before Halloween, grab a big spoon and a semi-sharp knife and carve out some triangle eyes and a crooked little smile and call it a day. This afternoon we headed over to the Weaver's for some snack, pumpkin fun, and to celebrate B.J.'s new job. Then I was schooled in the proper way to carve a jack 'o lantern. It looks something like this:

Here's B.J. and his special "pumpkin gutter" that he bought for the occasion. Notice the safety glasses...pumpkin guts were flying!

Rachel took the less messy route with Ben and the foam pumpkin with stickers

Our pumpkin was a tough one - too tough for the carving tools. No Problem - B.J. brought out the heavy equipment. Like I said, the Weaver's are serious about their pumpkins, but then they end up with gems like this one.

After the pumpkin fun we headed to the Painter's for dinner and a throw-down in Family Feud. Hackney's were victorious! Even one of the Painter's defected to our side for the evening. I won't name names, but he looks something like this:

For the full recap head on over to Painter El Cinco. :)