Well hello family! Halloween has come and gone and the slow Orton faimly is finally getting our Pumpkin Pictures posted. This year we extended our pumpkin carving contest to include Jerry and Carol Wilson and Audrea's friend Mandy Wood. On the invitation we sent to the Wilson's we noted that there would be pumkin carving tools available and to bring your own pumkin. Well, the Wilson's must have missed the part about the tools because they brought there pumkin pre-carved! We all got a good laugh out of it and although their triplet ghost pumpkin looked great, they ended up sitting and chatting while the rest of us carved. Samual didn't get to participate in the actually carving because of his shoulder injury, but he designed the pumpkin that Aunt Vonnie and Uncle Ken carved. He actually did a very good job! Audrea ran into some difficulties with her pumpkin, as she chose a pattern that was too hard to do on a small pumpkin. Her grim reaper proved nigh impossible and so she turned her pumpkin around and carved a goofy face into it, all the while asking mom if she could just run it over with her car (and of course Mom repeatedly turned down this idea). This was a first for Mandy. She had never carved a pumpkin by herself before and she was a natural. Her "Handsome Devil" pumkin looked rather dashing and a little terrifying when she was done. Lyndsey and Brad decided to do a Haunted Mansion on their pumpkin, and although things got a little frustrating for them, they endured til the end and produced a rather creepy redition of a haunted mansion on their pumpkin. And what about Mom and Dad you might ask? Mom was the self appointed photographer and Dad led the political conversation that dominated the "grown up table." 
Everybody had a great time and everyone's pumpkin survived the transformation into Jack-O-Lanterns. This is definately a traditon that we thoughoughly enjoy and plan to continue out here on the East Coast!
As the carving festivities began Audrea decided that her favorite part of the carving process was gutting the pumpkin. Mom decided this was kind of funny and recorded her telling everyone why this was so funny.
