Every fall my friend June has a pumpkin carving party. I shared some pictures of a previous event here. Well, last weekend was this year’s event and this was the first year that her nieces were old enough to really participate and boy did they have fun! In fact, we all had fun, just like we always do. I am so glad that June started this tradition for us. And, this year Keith helped take some pictures so you will be able to see me in some of the shots. That is always nice, because I am usually the one behind the camera and I am never included. Thanks Keith for taking some great pictures this year!
Disclaimer – this post is nothing but a lot of pictures of us carving pumpkins with our friends! You have been warned!
June cannot wait for everyone to arrive!
So she starts early.
Then Carla (on the right) and I decide which is the best side for the faces of our Jack O Lanterns
Here I am starting to carve
Pumpkin Guts!
June sorts seeds while Carla and I carve. Denise will make delicious pumpkin seeds later.
Denise and Morgan arrive along with pie….she is such a multi tasker
Caroline and Ella take the pie inside while Uncle Bill watches
Meanwhile I scoop away…
See, Denise again is multi tasking…she is ready to start carving!
So now, pretty much everyone is carving a pumpkin. Ella and Caroline are now helping along with Rusty, Carla’s husband and their son Christopher.
Caroline decides to help Aunt June scoop
Is there any more?
Ella has to come see what’s going on now.
Caroline checks on my progress.
Scooping out the guts is hard work.
Here you go Aunt June
Now Ella and Aunt June are starting to carve the face!
Caroline and Ella, twin sisters
The group is making progress
Caroline becomes the official inspector, making sure all the guts are out
You missed some, mommie!
Carving takes concentration
Caroline and mommie making sure the lid fits
Ella and Aunt June finishing up
Meanwhile, Morgan could care less about carving a pumpkin at this point.
Denise finishing up one of the five (I think) pumpkins they brought to carve
Christopher’s pumpkin – pretty scary!
My pumpkin, can you guess what it is? Hint, we have three of them at home.
This is one side of June’s…her pumpkins are always a little special.
Mike was finally able to get Morgan interested in what was going on.
She had a lot of fun checking out all of the tools.
Caroline working on her pumpkin
A shy Ella
Morgan trying to keep up with her big sisters
Of course, after pumpkins were carved, the Alligator Monster (aka, Keith) came out and it was chasing the girls around the backyard. Even Morgan played along. It was fun to see how much the girls enjoyed playing together.
Running and playing together
Morgan is not quite sure what to think of Keith
Ella was constantly on the run – she was Super Girl, defending her sisters against the Alligator Monster.
Here she is in her Super Girl pose. She is getting her cape ready so she can fly after Keith.
Everyone had fun running and playing
Waiting to see if the Alligator Monster will follow them
You can’t catch me!
Nope, you can’t catch me either
Morgan just followed her sister’s lead
Uh oh, I think Keith has captured your sister, Ella. But never fear, Ella announced she had a plan.
Yes, Caroline has been captured!
Ella telling the Alligator Monster to let her sister go.
Ella saves Caroline from the Alligator Monster.
Yup, Caroline will be safe now that Super Girl is here to the rescue!
As you can see, we had an awfully fun day with our friends. We were worn out when we got home but it was worth it. There is nothing like spending a day doing pretty much nothing else other than laughing and smiling and having a great time. Thanks for letting me share all of these pictures with you. I miss Halloween already! Until next year….
very nice indeed–love all the pictures of the kids–we might hire you to do a photo shoot at some point when we can get them to half way cooperate 😉
No problem. I am game. They are so much fun to be around and thank you for the kind comment.
Beautiful job I haven’t smiled like this in days. Thank You
Great photos Teresa you maed my month with these
Teresa you are such an amazing photographer. These are beautiful and they definitely show what a great time you guys must have had. Best wishes for the new year and hope to see you again soon 🙂
Thanks so much Todd! But you know, those girls make it easy! They are so much fun to be around.