Well, originally I think this blog was supposed to mainly Matt's. Mostly because he's better at words than I, but he's been so busy and I have not, well, you get it.
(AND... I know I promised pics of the Wonderful Disney World, but we have two memory cards of pics & movies so I'll need more time to sort through.)
About two weeks ago Matt and I decided (well, I decided to include Matt) that we would carve jack-o-lanterns for Halloween. For those of you who don't know, since Matt and I have been married we've been living in an apartment which does not allow for the proper displaying of Jack-O-Lanterns. So, this is a positive to living with Matt's parents (which reminds me that I also need to post pics of our house- it's really coming along). ANYWAY... so Saturday night we went to WalMart and got enough pumpkins for all of us (Matt's parents and siblings included) to each carve a pumpkin.
I know I keep getting side tracked, and that this part is irrelevant, but I'm so proud that I had to post it. Matt and I have recently been called to teach Sunday School for the 16-17 year olds in our ward. So to appeal to them, and utilizing my talents, I made an edible plan of salvation. Teenagers like food. And yes, the sprinkles on the 3rd one represents spirit paradise (so hope ya love sprinkles).
Okay, now that we've got that out of the way.... (yeah, they were delicious) onto our pumpkin carving FHE. Now, for those of you who have ever met, read about, or heard about Matt, you may know that he likes tools. a lot. Also, he doesn't get to use tools on a regular basis or really at all, so he takes advantage of EVERY opportunity he gets.
Now this next one is a photo of me trying to take my top off. Heh, that's right. And I have been deemed (sp?) the master pumpkin carver. I also have to note, that in the ABOVE picture Matt is about to try carve the lid of his pumpkin off with that nifty tool.... I did mine faster manually.
Now this next part is my favorite. Apparently it's everyone else's least favorite.
It's weird, I know.
There's just something about the feeling of the pumpkin goo and seeds between my fingers that I like. So Matt was oh so generous enough to use this as an opportunity to get me to de-seed-ify his pumpkin.
Also, I feel it necessary to give kudos to Mary for emptying her pumpkin, especially since Sean told her that she had to because it was part of the pumpkin carving experience. He then proceeded to ask me to empty out his goop. It's okay Sean, I'll forgive you.
Now this is Matt trying again to make his power tools work better than my talent. He's carving a ghost, I'm making a cute face!
Needless to say, his carving tool was WAY messier than mine!
The follow picture should require parental approval (if I could figure out how to block it from kiddos I would). This is Sean's. I am showing you a picture in the light because you can't see the knife in the dark.
Now you haven't seen any pics of Mary's yet. Her's was the most complicated. It's super cool, and probably least expected from Mary. But with her big brother's help (the only time it was beneficial to use power tools), she was able to display a scary pumpkin.
(Left to Right: Matt-Mary-Sean-Linds)
Well that's my first blog with pictures. It wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated, but it is very late, so I must retire to bed. Well, Happy Halloween, and to all a good night. ... wait a minute... i mixed those up. ... TRICK OR TREAT!
see? cute face, right?
Hi Lindsey! I love the plan of salvation idea! So cute! Maybe I would use something like that on my mia maids if I ever have to teach that lesson.