Happy Halloween

My favorite part about Halloween is actually giving out candy to the trick or treaters who knock on my door, and I was deprived of my favorite part of Halloween this year. I guess living in an apartment building does not allow many kids to knock on door and scream "Trick or Treat Halloween", don't get me wrong I love where I live. I love how everything is so close and convenient, and what can I say about the community? I am only hoping we can find a home one day in this wonderful community, but we will see what God has in store for us.

Anyhow I am off to a costume party (as I like to call it), and I will be wearing an old costume I had since I waited for the last minute. I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Sofia's First Halloween

First I want to start out by saying Happy Halloween!!! Today some of my family and I took Baby Sofia to her first pumpkin patch! What would be more appropriate than to take her dressed as a pumpkin! Can I just say she is the cutest pumpkin I have ever seen! Not only did Sofia go as a pumpkin but my little dog Puchie went as well!

Sofia the Pumpkin

Puchie the Pumpkin

Fernan, Puchie & I

Our Pumpkin!!

Every year Fernan and I carve a pumpkin the day before Halloween. Why do we do it the day before? I have no idea, we just started doing it that way, and well it just stuck! So we bought our annual pumpkin and carved away! This is our first Halloween together as a married couple, and the first pumpkin we carve keeping our tradition from our dating relationship into our marriage. =) I believe if we would have carved this baby at the carving contest last Friday I believe we may have gotten first place, instead of third! Oh well!!! Congrats to the winners ;)

Our pumpkin carving ritual would not be complete without oven roasted pumpkin seeds!! Rinse, paper towel dry, sprinkle garlic powder etc., roast at 350 degrees for 8 min, and your done. =)

The final product!

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2009

Yesterday evening I participated in my very first pumpkin carving contest. Some friends of ours (Julie and David who were also the judges) invited a big group of us to their home for an evening of pumpkin carving and hanging out around a fire. I was very surprised to see how nice all the pumpkins came out considering that many of the people who participated had never even carved a pumpkin before. We had a great time and I am already looking forward to doing this again next year.

The pumpkin we picked for the contest!

Carving

The Final Products

Eight of the Nine Pumpkins

Everyone!

My Teams Pumpkin!