6th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party

Sunday night we held our 6th annual Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza. As you can see, this is a Campbell yearly tradition. It began when Lorne and I were dating and Lorne had never carved a pumpkin so we had a friendly competition against each other and Lorne won (he was also the judge!). Each year thereafter we began including more people and for the past 3-4 years we have had a healthy crowd at our house and our friend have told us that they look forward to this party every year.

The crowd outside admiring their work!

This year we had a great crowd of pumpkin carvers and everyone's pumpkins looked amazing! We gave out some prize ribbons this year and here is the list of winners:

• Coolest pumpkin - Dan Maher (my dad) for a classic scary jack-o-lantern



• Scariest Pumpkin - Lorne Campbell with the skull head (I might also add that he was very ambitious and carved 3 different designs into his pumpkin - impressive)



• Creepiest Pumpkin - Jeff Child for his creepy alien pumpkin



• Most Humorous Pumpkin - Kevin Zarcone for his Calvin & Hobbes pumpkin



• Most Original - Shelly Astle for her Bats and Stalagmites pumpkin which she designed herself



• Best in Show - Matt Astle for his Happy Halloween tree pumpkin which he also drew and designed himself
  

All the pumpkins came out extraordinarily well and honorable mentions go to the following:

• Susan Maher (my mom) for her Happy Ghost with Candelabra pumpkin



• Jill Child for her Happy Bat pumpkin



• Cindy Zarcone for her night sky with jewels pumpkin



• Marcia Crandall for her goofy bat pumpkin



• Sabrina Campbell for her witch behind a cauldron pumpkin

The food was great, the kids were cute, the pumpkins amazing and the whole shebang was a good time - those of you who didn't make it out this year, there is always next year!

Lorne made some amazing toffee apples and caramel apples - aren't they beautiful?

Jasmine got in on the fun with her little pumpkin - we will carve it tomorrow!

Mine & Lorne's pumpkins