The pumpkin carving contest update

                                           

                                                           Well we did it!  We had our pumpkin carving night with the new traditions and all and I must say it was a blast.  I am sorry I didn't update you on this sooner but I wanted to wait till the pumpkin seeds were made and those take awhile.  Mom soaks them in salt water over night and roasts them in butter, and garlic salt until they are nice and brown and they are to die for.  Mom cooked them last night and they were delicious as always.  
                                                     But anyway back to the other night.  After I got back home from church with Jess I could smell what mom had planned to make.  Her special chilli recipe everyone loves and I saw the block of Philadelphia cream cheese along with the bag of carmals that I had to unwrap in order to make the carmal dip everyone loves.  So yes it seemed like we all had a some sort of job to do if you were home to get everything ready whatever it be stirring the chilli, laying out the newspapers ect but sooner or later we were done.  James and Joy had joined us on Skype and we were talking and just having a blast.  It was funny because in a way it was like James, Nathan, and his friend Ryan were almost  racing each other trying to get theirs carved first but they really weren't.  
                                            James yelled "One pumpkin is ready and even had mom running in from her place in the kitchen with a surprised look on her face.  She was like "No way you can't be done with yours yet,"  but we all laughed when he put Joy's dog Bella on the table along with the other dog Boggart.  There are so many types we did and yes I even did one.  Mom gave me a drill  drew a design and I drilled holes and instead of a candle mom put Christmas lights.  I have photos on facebook of how they turned out.  Joy sent me hers all lit up.  She did muffassa from the lion king.  I don't know if we judged this year but if I was a judge Joy and and Hailee would have been the winners.  :) 
                                  Aunt Karla said she liked mine the best out of all of them.  The photos are still up on facebook if you want to take a look and judge.  So in conclusion it was fun and even though James and Joy weren't there at our actual house at least they were there in another way. :)