Pumpkin Guts Everywhere

We had lots of Fun yesterday!! Our first official "didn't make people from St. Louis come" party here at our house. We hosted a Pumpkin Carving Party - everyone invited gave props to the pumpkins, they were carved, their guts were gone through and the seeds were saved, pumpkin flavored items were eaten(well, we made pumpkin bread as a party favor and pumpkin beer was available), overall we Celebrated the pumpkin and its distinguished use in the Halloween traditions. There were some very clever pumpkins (the pumpkin throwing up), some meticulously carved pumpkins (the Frankenstein), some creatively executed with extra props pumpkins (another Frankenstein) and many other tremendously executed displays. Best of all we had the chance to get to know some of the people that we have been hoping to see more of a little better (and we got our house decorated for fall - bonus!). Apparently no one here has cornered the market on the Sunday before Halloween party - so we can make this a tradition!!

Interesting party difference - in St. Louis beer is a staple and while there is often some left, generally a great deal of it is finished by the end of the event. Here some beer was finished (mostly by the other families who moved here from St. Louis - go figure) and guests claimed they liked beer, but the soda was the item that was gone at the end of the event. Soda is less expensive and that works for me, but BigGuy says that a summer party might bring out the cold beer lovers. Time and other parties will tell.