New faces

"What kind of face is your pumpkin going to have, Jalen Andrew?" "A smile face - don't look at the eyes! It's scary!"

Joseph took on the challenge of carving his own pumpkin this year, and learned that it is harder than it looks. He did a great job, but in the end, he and his Dad got a "little creative."

James was a trooper about cleaning out all of the pumpkin "goobers" - a task that he didn't enjoy much, but stayed with anyway.

The girls went jack-o-lantern free this year. Christine was too busy with high school stuff, to take the time to carve. She even missed our ward's annual trunk -or-treat, because she was at U of A for a band competition (by the way, they got Excellent as their rating!). Rebekah, who has NEVER liked touching the pumpkin goo, or smelling it, opted out of carving one this year, but asked us as she walked through the room, "Can you buy pre-carved pumpkins? If you can, I think that's what I'll have my kids get when I'm a Mom."