Pumpkin Party

After the morning session of General Conference our family went to a pumpkin party to celebrate the harvest of the neighborhood garden. We have loved participating in the garden and have learned many lessons from it:

1. How to garden; we learned better how to water, plant and harvest.
2. In a sense, the Law of Consecration; not everyone worked equally, or benefitted equally, but we all did it together happily (most of the time!).
3. The importance of the knowledge of gardening and canning food; especially in times as these, it feels good to know we have provided some food storage and peace of mind for our family.
4. A great opportunity for our family to work together; I think Greg gets the award for doing the most work, but the boys helped weed, harvest and take care of Kate while Mom & Dad were working.
5. How great our neighborhood is!

At the pumpkin party, the Poulsens picked all the pumpkins and lined them up in their garage. All the kids put their names in a big bowl and as their names were drawn out they got to pick a pumpkin. None were too big, but most were well-shaped (I'm talking about the pumpkins, not the kids!) and honestly the kids didn't care how big they were, only that they belonged to them. Enoch was so excited to pick his very own pumpkin (or as Enoch says a pegiukin, kind of a mix between pumpkin and penguin. I still am not sure how he says it). We probably will still get pumpkins at the patch for carving, but it's great to have one last reminder of the garden.