one {great} weekend

y'all, we had such a nice weekend.

well, le's exclude the skating party i was forced to take took the boys to on saturday.  it was a gorgeous afternoon.  GORGEOUS.  i was stuck inside a steamy hot, super 80s dated, journey-playing (sorry, journey fans), 40 year-old skates pushing skating rink who apparently forgot this is ARKANSAS and Fall hasn't really arrived yet so we still need the AC.  kicked up.  {sigh}

did i mention it was gorgeous outside?  do i sound bitter?  should i move on?

but after making our get-away leaving the party we came home to.....

caRvE puMpKinS!!!!!!!!!

bubba's punkin' was so easy to do.  bruiser's....ahem....was like trying to cut thru a brick.

mental note:  next year, thump or knock on the punkin' before buying.  if it sounds hard or makes a hollow sound...MOVE ON.

the picture above makes it look like dad did all the work.  i'm nice like that.  *grin*

so even though we were tired of carving and the kids had long moved on to rolling dumptrucks down the slide, we finished 2 punkins.

and i think they're cute.

and they bring a certain je ne sais quoi to the front porch.

have you carved punkins yet?  does it annoy you that i keep typing punkins?  instead of puMPkins?

happy monday, y'all!  i'm going outside.  it's just too pretty.  all that other stuff'll still be there, right?