Pumpkin Carving with the Parks:)

We LOVE Halloween at our house.  And we LOVE carving pumpkins.  My husband is actually an amazing artist so carving pumpkins for him combines two of his most favorite things--drawing and power tools:)  We invited some good friends--the Park family--to come and join us this year.  They were NOT fans of pumpkin carving but we had so much fun that I think they may have changed their minds:)

All the kids had chosen their pumpkin faces (from online) and brought their print outs to trace onto their actual pumpkins.  Then the REAL fun began:)  These are always my most favorite pics--the gross out faces as they are cleaning out the pumpkins:

 After the kids did their part, they were off to play while the men took over with the cutting tools.  My husband's tool of choice is a jigsaw.  Lots of loud noises going on between the saws and the kids yelling--it was quite a madhouse:)  But just look at the finished product!!!  AMAZING!  Chris and Kevin really out-did themselves this year:)

Definitely WAY more fun with friends so we'll be doing this again next year:)  Fun new Halloween tradition:)

Here are some close-ups of the kids's pumpkins:

Carlie's: 

Ethan's:  (Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas)

Max's:

Tatum's:  (from Monster High)