Carving Pumpkins with Mrs.

After a beautiful morning hunt below Nick and Lisa's place, Rachel and I headed to the pumpkin patch just south of Madrid. We picked out a medium, a medium large, and a very large white pumpkin. This was something we wanted to do together this fall and I was not about to let the chance slip by.
We chose some patterns and began the process of gutting-the-gourds.

Rachel wanted the large white one and I took the two smaller regulars. We poked our patterns, cut them out, and ended up with some spectacular carved pumpkins.

 The ornate tree

 The classic buck

 and a fun one, Stewie Griffin

Dad joined us for dinner as he was passing through on business and was able to catch us at the tail end of carving. We had some great rib steaks courtesy of Nick, and Rachel made some great roasted fries from the red potatoes Laura Livermore gave us. This is turning out to be an enjoyable fall all around.



Stay Tuned for Michael Parker's guest entry: ANOTHER BIG BUCK DOWN.