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.