Thankfully, no one got hurt

As I mentioned earlier, Garet was out of town last week. Normally, it is not too bad he's gone, but last week was another story. Thankfully, my parents, in-laws and friends stepped in to help out - Thank you!! Since Garet was going to miss all the Halloween Festivities, I made the insane decision that Levi, Kara and I were going to carve pumpkins by ourselves. I had forgotten to buy one of those "carving" knives at the store and so I ended up using a 8" knife (I don't know what I was thinking)!

First, let me apologize for the redneck pictures of the kids. We are low on jeans and I didn't want them to get slime all over them!

Before the mess:
Levi wasn't too keen on cleaning the pumpkin with his bare hands, but he at least tried:
Kara insisted on sitting on my lap as I tried to carve the pumpkin with the huge knife:
This is what she did when I wouldn't hold her (she's crying)...she knows how to turn up the drama:
Finishing up with the spoon:

This was supposed to be our surprise picture for Aunt Kristen...sorry it didn't quite turn out - we'll work on getting another one:
I had to completely cut the back off the pumpkin because it had rotted out, but at least it still stood up: