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2009 19 Oct

Saturday night we attended an old-fashioned pumpkin carving party at the Reicherts. Here are a few pictures from the evening, courtesy of host Paul Reichert. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a picture of the smiley-face pumpkin (skill level: Unrated) that Michael and did. I’ll try to take a picture of ours all lit up tonight before the pumpkin rots to death on our balcony this week. 🙂

These smiles say, “We’re just doing a smiley-face pumpkin this year. We are really here because Paul Reichert grills some fantastic burgers and baked his famous made-from-scratch carrot cake…”
My girls Betsy Perryman and Lucy Coles
Working hard on the Franco Family Jack-o-Lantern
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Fun Fact #1:
The life expectancy of a carved pumpkin in our climate is about a week from birth to Pile of Goo.
Fun Fact #2:
Yes, Michael and I had a totally gross experience last year with two beautifully-carved pumpkins turning into Piles of Goo on our balcony.
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My boys: Fenton Perryman and John-Matthew Coles
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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