Pumpkin carving time!

Myles carving his pumpkin (with a little help from Mommy!) Having only one working arm didn't hold him back from digging into this pumpkin!

Here is Erik and his stubborn pumpkin! That thing didn't want to be cut up!

Here is the group carving up some great halloween pumpkins!

This is the end result! From Left to Right they were carved by: Myles (mom), Patrick, Erica (the giant pumpkin), Pete, and Erik.

Andrea & Erik by our master pieces!

Myles relaxing with Erica & Pete after carving his pumpkin.

This Sunday we had the family over for a birthday dinner for me (33 years young!). Dad, Patrick, Erica & Pete, and of course Erik & our kids all got together at the Johnson house for some yummy chilly on such a chilly day! We then did the birthday cake & gifts thing (thanks everyone for the great gifts!) which was fun! After we cleaned up, we got messy again by carving pumpkins! It was a BYOP thing (bring your own pumpkin) and we provided most of the carving tools - some broke... junky cub food purchase! I helped our one armed son carve a Scary faced pumpkin - eyes and a toothy mouth... no nose per his request. Erik's pumpkin proved to be a challenge - he could hardly cut into it. I guess it didn't want to become a halloween decoration! Patrick, Pete, and Erica carved great pumpkins while Dad took a bunch of pictures. Holly was running around and getting into things, so I ended up throwing in a baby einstein dvd and she was finally content. It was a ton of fun this evening! I'm so glad that people could come over. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Andrea