Pumpkin Carving Fest 2013

And the tradition continues...

Nyle and Papa supervising Nini

Claire

Nash supervising Nana and Papa

Daniele, Jason and Papa 

Nash and Nana's Ninja Turtle

My Hello Kitty

Nini's unicorn

Papa's skeleton

Claire and Nyle watching the ghost on the porch

I think we only had two that required toothpicks to hold all the pieces together this year.  ;0)

Fun on the Farm

Going to the pumpkin patch with the whole fam can get a little bit pricey so Jason wanted to do something a little different this year. We had about 9 pumpkins growing in our garden but many of them were still too small for carving.  We picked out 12 nice ones from Hy-Vee and Jason took them out to the farm and scattered them around our garden.  He set up a scarecrow and lined that lane with cornstalks making our own personal pumpkin patch.  It was great.

The weather was a little drizzly and chilly so we snapped a few photos then met at our house for chili.  Carving will take place another day.

Jason and Nyle

Nolan

Claire

Nash

Daniele, Claire and Will

Nolan, Nyle, Nash and Claire

Nolan, Me, Nash, Daizy, Nyle, Jason and Memphis

Nana, Papa, Nolan, Me, Nash, Nyle and Jason

Nyle

Me, Nolan, Jason, Nash, Nyle and Grama Jo

Claire, Papa, Nolan, Nana, Nyle and Nash

Nolan, Claire, Nini, Nash and Nyle

Unicorn twins

Nolan-3

Nyle-14 mo

Nash-5

Pumpkins with the Punkins

Sunday was such a nice day.  A great day for the pumpkin patch!  Nana, Papa, Will, Daniele, and Claire met us there.  It was a popular place to be!  The boys loved feeding the goats and watching the bunnies.

Nolan and Nash

Nyle

We were happy to run into our friends the Kies family.  Maddox and Kennon helped the boys feed the goats.

Nash and Nolan feeding the goats

Papa, Nana and the grandkids (except Nyle)

Nash

Nolan

 After the pumpkin patch I went to a baby shower while the rest of the crew started carving.

Nash working on his Ninja Turtle masterpiece

Nash and his pumpkin