Pumpkin Carving & Biringer Farm

For Family Home Evening last week we decided to carve pumpkins to get us in the spirit of fall and the fun of Halloween. It was Olivia's first real carving experience and she loved it. She wasn't too fond of the slimy stuff inside the pumpkin, but she had a good time drawing on it, and watching us try not to cut off a finger with our dull carving knives. Her favorite though was when lit them up and stuck them out on the front porch to shine for all the people going by. Unfortunately the light attracted the wrong kind of people (punk teenagers) and our pumpkins didn't last through the night. Olivia is still talking about how "someone broke our pumpkins...that's a no no." Even though the pumpkins were destroyed in less than 24 hours we still had a great time together and made a fun memory.






Since our 1st set of pumpkins were smashed, we decided to head over to Biringer Farm and Pumpkin Patch to pick out a second set, hoping they would last for more than one evening. It was so much fun and the weather was absolutely beautiful! Fall is my favorite time of year so I was incredibly happy when the sun was shining bright and the air was crisp and cool (the way it should be, not dark with drizzling rain). Olivia was so excited about the tractor ride out to the pumpkins and getting to pet the goats, but I think her favorite was just getting to chill in the wheel barrell while we pushed her around (she has the life). We found three perfect pumpkins, well perfect for us, and had a blast just running around an open field and spending good quality time with one another. We decided Biringer Farm will be a yearly tradition for our family, and just in case you are wondering, the 2nd set of pumpkins have lasted for three days now, but probably because we've kept them inside...hum.