Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas and was happy all could come. We wish Amber and Laura with their hubbies could have been here also. Merry Christmas

Grandkid overnighter

We kept the boys over night on monday. We went to the drive in and saw Madagascar 2 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. It was cold but the kids had a good time.

Tuesday morning before I went to work, Sean and Brendan helped me turn the compost pile and look for grubs. When we got down to Mr Bill they went running. He is in the middle of the rotting stage and he smells it! They pulled out over 20 of these grubs. I am sure they are from Japanese beetles.

National Pumpkin Chuckin Day

November 6th is the National Punpkin Chuckin Day. When I got home tonight Mr Bill had caved in. It was time for him to join Little Squirt in the compost bin. They will rise again some day as a bigger better pumpkin.

Halloween

It has been a great time growing Mr Bill. I was off today and carved it this morning. I took it to Louise's school to show it off. Everyone got a kick out of seeing it. They had heard a lot about it from Louise.

Then we took it to Cherie and Aaron's to get pictures of the kids. Then it off to home to show it off to Trick or Treaters. The phrase of the night was "Is it real?"

Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off

The day of the weigh off has arrived. We got to the competition to find we have some pretty BIG competition.

Here we off load my entry

A Few fun photos

Time to weigh in

375.5 Pounds, not bad for a first try.

Time to start thinking about next year.

Time to take it home to get ready for Halloween!


A few of the others
1059

842.5

945.5



And the winner

1110 pounds

Pumpkin Carving Party

We wanted to throw a party and have some fun. Cherie, Aaron and the boys came. We had two other friends come also.

Finn gives it a try.

Sean and Brendan help each other

Aaron preforms an emerengy carving.

McManus family caught in a web!

Papa John and the older three. Colin ask me to tell him about the Marines.

Pumpkin Moving Day

Great Pumpkin Update

As you can see, growing season is over for Mr W. Bill.























Time to remove him from the vine.













Speakin of vine. As I pulled it out I spead it accross the lawn to see how many feet of vine it takes to grow a large Pumpkin like mr Bill. It went accross the lawn 5 times. 75 feet each time. Over 400 feet of vine. "some was still on Little Squirt.





















Finn says "I touched it." Of course in his little mind, ALL pumpkins should be this big.



















Who says you need a bunch of people to lift one this big. A 10 foot board and a 4x4 post picked it up.

The next task this weekend is UP the hill and into a pickup.

Mr W. Bill

Cherie came up with Bill as in water bill. So Mr W. Bill is his name.




This is the view Little Squirt has of Mr Water Bill. I told Little Squirt he has about 4 week to grow up before harvest time.





















This is the main root ball.
















A good view of the vine here.











Mr W Bill has not stopped all together yet.

C= 115.5 inches or about 392 lbs

OTT = 275" or 444 lbs

Little Squirt

Little Squirt is still growing. The other one that started next to him is still real little. LS is now 34 inches around and has not hit the weight charts yet.

Name that pumpkin

Yes my big guy/gal should have a name. I have seen names like Hope, big Max, ect.

Help me name mine...

Pumpkin Update

Just a quick update. It has not stopped growing yet.

114" 383 lbs

OTT 272" or 430 lbs.

The new guy, Jr, is still growing. I forgot to take a pic. I will update it another time.

Not much, but still growing

I have decided to let some of little ones grow.
I have been pulling them all off, but I will let some grow. They may make Jack O Lanterns.

You can see here where one is.

The big guy is 112" or 366lbs

OTT is 257" or 403lbs