My best friend, Megan, and I planned a pumpkin carving party this year and it was by far, my favorite thing we did this Halloween!
Megan threw the idea out there a couple months back and then thought the perfect place to have it would be at her in law's property that they own about 30 minutes outside of Union. It was THE perfect place to throw a pumpkin carving party!
Meg and I worked hard on this party and it was so fun to see it all come together. Everyone had a blast and agreed it needed to be an annual thing.
The pictures don't even do it justice... it was just SO much fun!!
On Friday before the party, we all went out there to drop some stuff off and prepare a little bit. We rode four wheelers and let the kids run all over the place.
They have a big old farmhouse on the property, so we were able to start getting some stuff ready and planned on spending the night there.
It was the last night of the World Series, and they didn't get that channel out there, so we drove back home in time for the game, had some friends over to watch it, screamed like crazy people when we won, and then drove back out to the farm to spend the night. We wanted to have time in the morning to ride four wheelers and get everything ready for the party.
We were up early, the party didn't start until 3 and we were still crunched for time. Parties are hard work!
We had lots of appetizers, people visited with each other, some rode four wheelers or took walks around the lake, and the kids all played together. We had little pumpkins for the kids to decorate and place mats for them to color.
Then, we all started carving pumpkins and it was just like Megan and I pictured it. Everyone was at the long table, laughing, digging out pumpkin goo, drawing fun faces on pumpkins to carve. As much as I love Halloween, I'm not a huge fan of carving pumpkins, but this was FUN!
Everyone put their pumpkins on the porch when they were finished and we lit them up after it got dark.
After carving pumpkins, Mark and Greg had rigged up a hayride for the bigger kids.
People started roasting hotdogs and we all sat by the fire after dark. We made s'mores, kids got tired, good conversation was had. We had little Halloween cups filled with goodies for each kid.
Seriously, as goofy as it sounds, thinking back on this party, it just gives me a warm feeling. It was just so fun watching all the kids have so much fun, as well as all the adults... it was awesome.
Definitely a tradition now!
Megan threw the idea out there a couple months back and then thought the perfect place to have it would be at her in law's property that they own about 30 minutes outside of Union. It was THE perfect place to throw a pumpkin carving party!
Meg and I worked hard on this party and it was so fun to see it all come together. Everyone had a blast and agreed it needed to be an annual thing.
The pictures don't even do it justice... it was just SO much fun!!
On Friday before the party, we all went out there to drop some stuff off and prepare a little bit. We rode four wheelers and let the kids run all over the place.
They have a big old farmhouse on the property, so we were able to start getting some stuff ready and planned on spending the night there.
It was the last night of the World Series, and they didn't get that channel out there, so we drove back home in time for the game, had some friends over to watch it, screamed like crazy people when we won, and then drove back out to the farm to spend the night. We wanted to have time in the morning to ride four wheelers and get everything ready for the party.
We were up early, the party didn't start until 3 and we were still crunched for time. Parties are hard work!
We had lots of appetizers, people visited with each other, some rode four wheelers or took walks around the lake, and the kids all played together. We had little pumpkins for the kids to decorate and place mats for them to color.
Then, we all started carving pumpkins and it was just like Megan and I pictured it. Everyone was at the long table, laughing, digging out pumpkin goo, drawing fun faces on pumpkins to carve. As much as I love Halloween, I'm not a huge fan of carving pumpkins, but this was FUN!
Everyone put their pumpkins on the porch when they were finished and we lit them up after it got dark.
After carving pumpkins, Mark and Greg had rigged up a hayride for the bigger kids.
People started roasting hotdogs and we all sat by the fire after dark. We made s'mores, kids got tired, good conversation was had. We had little Halloween cups filled with goodies for each kid.
Seriously, as goofy as it sounds, thinking back on this party, it just gives me a warm feeling. It was just so fun watching all the kids have so much fun, as well as all the adults... it was awesome.
Definitely a tradition now!
