Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin Carving is one of my favorite family events.

I'm not exactly sure how it originated, but I distinctly remember taking it over. Seth I were married and living in our little studio in Santa Barbara and Miss Josiah was 6 months old. We sent out this invitation for all the family to join us for some seaside pumpkin carving. It was a blast! And I loved to be able to say that Pumpkin Carving was my family holiday to host.... it was perfect! Hard to mess up this one... no big elaborate meals to cook, just pumpkins!
Yes, that is Daddy and Uncle Jon carrying Josiah around in an enormous pumpkin.

A classic picture.

We've always been a family who knew how to have fun!

This was the 1st time we met Jen.... was it the Pumpkin Carving that reeled her in??

Back to the present...... Mimi invited us all back to the beach, this time Avila. And there we carved.

Adalie watching Mimi very closely.

Yeah I am pretty sure there is no way you are getting our clean little Adalie to dig into any pumpkin.

And it looks like Aunt Jen's gonna second that one with the pinkie!

Josiah and Daddy concentrating hard on their design, it's quite a competitive event.

Now that Adalie has confirmed Mimi survived the goo, we dug into a pumpkin of our own!

And this time she is brave enough to touch the stem and pull off the pumpkins lid. Watch our Uncle Taylor.

Everyone participates in this event..(Papa CT)

Uncle Jon and Aunt Jen relive the magic of their 1st Pumpkin Carving year by combining their efforts into one very precise pumpkin.

Josiah concentrating on her masterpiece.


For those of you who think that Josiah is my spitting image.... here she is looking alot like her Daddy.

Uncle Taylor needed some help with inspiration, which Adalie generously offered. She wanted a pirate pumpkin, so Uncle Taylor made her a pirate pumpkin.

Adalie putting the final touches on our pumpkin. Yes, she is using a knife, but they say they are safe even for the youngest pumpkin carvers (they were right).

The unveiling of Josiah's BOO masterpiece. Now that she can read she wanted her pumpkin to say BOO!


Another fabulous Pumpkin Carving day.