Pumpkin Gutting, Carving, and Eating?!!!

Last night was our "Annual Pumpkin Carving Night". For some reason, I have always loved to carve pumpkins. Because my mother hates doing this, I don't know where this love came from. I do not recall doing it very often growing up, but it has become a little tradition/obsession for me since I have left home. Jesse, like my mother, is not so fond of the pumpking carving himself. But, every year he kindly humors me and does it anyway. Anya wasn't so much into the carving, however, she did take her part in Home Evening by eating the pumpkin. It is always my job to gut and Jesse's to carve. This year, we tried something new: etching. As you can see from the picture, we successfully etched a shark! It only took about two hours, but we finally finished! I then wanted to try my hand at carving. I flipped the pumpkin around and did a spider and spider web. My spider is kind of pathetic, but I think that my web turned out pretty nice. I guess it's not so bad for drawing the pattern myself. I will work on my spiders for next year. All in all, I had a fun night with my pumpkin carving obsession. Thanks, Jess, for being a good sport!!!