Pumpkin Pickin'

 Sunday was clean out the garden day and Harvest pumpkins day :-)  Here is our big Pumpkins "Punk" and "Big Baby"

 The boys were a great help in the garden today! We were able to finally weigh the big pumpkins....

"Punk" weighed in at 144 lbs. and "Big Baby" weighed in at 84 lbs. Not to shabby for a first atempt  at growing giants!!!

I was hoping "Punk" would break 200 lbs. It had grown enough to break it's own stem in September and stopped growing at that time. I let "Big Baby" grow in hopes there was enough growing time to catch and surpass "Punk"...Didn't happen!! I am looking forward to growing these biggin's again next year!

I love pumpkin pickin' time!

Spooky

With  the boys a little older this year, we decided to decorate a little more on the scary side!

Cob webs are hung...

Spooky owl silhouettes grace the mirrors...

 Old photos on the end tables...

A spooky old wooden Ouija Board centered on the coffee table...

A skull  added to one of our  favorite statues...

Skeletons, precariously positioned around the house....

Headstones in place...

All decorated and ready for a very Spook-tacular Halloween!

Halloween

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"-Dexter Kozen

This year we celebrated Halloween with "Luigi" The Chef

A "Grease Monkey" Mechanic

and a very over enthusiastic Pumpkin Dog!

Hope your Halloween was as SWEET as ours!

;-)

Spell Bound

I didn't get a chance to decorate over the top this year but did manage to get a few decorations up for the Spooky Season.

The old burl table and statue have been covered in webs and a few hidden sparkly spiders. There were cute little cups of goblin teeth (candy corn) and chocolate eyeballs until Miss Daisy our Basset Hound could not resist the temptation to eat them all to herself, while everyone else was at Soccer practice.

Yes, she ate them all...wrappers included!


My dress form is decked out in her wicked wear...Boots, Broom, and Hat included ;-)


More webs cover the vanity, the Spell goodies, and help camouflage some of the real cobwebs that I manage to miss ;-)

Tricks & Treats

I love this time of year when the trees have lost their leaves and dance carelessly in the breeze, the sweet smell of warm pumpkin tickles your nose and the kids all dress up in their costumes.

We had a very fun filled Halloween...

Corbin decided to go as a mad scientist. Somehow this just fits his quirky personality :-)and Levi not wanting to be anything spooky, chose to go as a pirate.