pumpkins from the past (and present)

The bank (where Paul works) has always held a pumpkin carving contest on Halloween. All the employees brings their pumpkin handiwork in to display and then the customers vote for their favorite. It is so much fun to see all the creative ideas come to life. We usually submit a pumpkin- although we can never decide on what we are going to do until the night before at 9 p.m. or so. Agreeing on a pumpkin idea is almost as difficult as deciding on baby names?! Last night was no exception. After we finally decided, we were up carving and decorating into the wee hours. This was not our best work, but it was still fun to do- as it always is (otherwise we wouldn't keep killing ourselves year after year).

Here are a few of our pumpkin creations from past years: