Saturday, October 29, 2011

Carving our Halloween Pumpkins

Sophie cleaning out her pumpkin.

Sadie pretending to eat the seeds!

Ammon proudly showing off his pumpkin.

For some reason Sariah is licking off the wooden spoon
 she used to clean her pumpkin.

The kids drew pictures of what they wanted their pumpkin to resemble
...Dallas did the carving while I took picutures.
I think he did a really good job!

Ewa Beach Pumpkin Patch


Last Saturday, we headed down to the Ewa Beach Pumpkin Patch. It was so much fun! Since we live in Hawaii I just kinda of figured there would be no Pumpkin Patches for us to enjoy, but to my surprise SEVERAL exist. Despite the heat our family was able to enjoy some Fall Festivities. Don't get me wrong I love it here in Hawaii, but I sure do miss the change of seasons...especially in Utah. I miss the vibrant colors, beautiful mountains snuggling up to Dallas with some hot chocolate and enjoying the nice cool fall breeze...so much fun! Anyways, the kids were way excited and that made it EVEN more fun for everyone! We bought the kids some tickets for the kiddie rides that were being offered, they each got about five tickets each, which was a fairly good amount considering there were only seven kiddie rides. After the rides Dallas bought us some much needed drinks and we enjoyed those in the shade while we discussed which pumpkin patch we were going to scour for our pumpkins. The kids enjoyed picking out their "perfect" pumpkins and Dallas literally was on a mission for the most "perfect" pumpkin to carve. 

Sadie, Sophie & Sariah on the "spinner ride" smiling from ear to ear cause their parents are just SO awesome!

Ammon on the "swing ride" all by himself!


Sophie's "perfect pumpkin"


                                                           
I had to take and post these last two pictures!
The kids and I waited for about ten minutes while Dallas picked out his pumpkin...as you can see he wandered pretty far.