our pumpkins . . . .

gutting . . . .
. . . . . . . .

and cleaning up . . .



and the final product . . . drum roll, please . . .


(isn't it bizarre that we have carved pumpkins and pineapples on the same counter. I have to tell you that when we remodeled the house my goal was to have enough counter space and always to have beautifully clean counters and such. Well, as you can tell from these pics, the only thing that having more counters are good for is that my kids have more surface to put things on! Makes me crazed!

oh, yeah, and earlier we took pics in the back yard . . . trying to get the perfect Christmas photo!

and the winner is: