Scarlett Pannebaker

One of my favorite things about pumpkins is carving them so that you can make toasted pumpkin seeds!
Here is a yummy & easy pumpkin seed recipe for you to try out!
Here is what you need:
Pumpkins, Vegetable Oil (or Olive Oil) & Salt (I use Sea Salt)

Scoop the seeds out of your pumpkins:

Do not wash the seeds. It is good to have some of the orange stuff on the seeds!
Hollow that pumpkin out!
For every 2 cups of seeds, use 2 tbsp. vegetable oil and 1.5 tsp. salt.

Combine oil, seeds & salt in a bowl.

Spread out seeds on a cookie sheet.

Bake in a 250 degree oven for about 1 hour (or until seeds are dry, so maybe a little longer)

Yummy, Toasty Pumpkin Seeds.

After they are cooled, I store them in an airtight container.
They are such a fun snack. Even my girls like them.

So, when you are carving your pumpkins this week, be sure and save the seeds so you can make homemade toasted pumpkin seeds!

Well, it was a BUST.

The weather has finally cooled down, so it was time to take our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch.

Usually, my mom and I take the kids after school during the week because the patch is vacant at that time. There are no crowds & it is GREAT.

We planned on going this week, but because of a rainy forecast  (YAY!!) Kevin & I made a last minute decision to go on Sunday afternoon.

It was a TOTAL BUST.

It was SO crowded. I mean people EVERYWHERE.

And, it was windy. Dust flying everywhere, in our eyes & we could barely look up at times.

Did I mention it was crowded? And apparently, when you go on the weekend, you have to PAY for things like the corn maze & hay rides. When we go during the week, all that stuff is FREE.

We were so miserable, we only stayed at the patch for 30 minutes. 

Despite our short time at the patch, I managed to get some pictures of the patch. 

One of my favorite things to photograph is pumpkins!

My whole objective while at the patch was to get a cute pic of all 3 kids with pumpkins around them.

Because it was so crowded, people kept (unintenially) photo bombing our picture.

This was the best I could get & it's not good. Ha! But, it is real life people.

Luke was asleep, so I thought I would get some of him by himself.

The girls played around on the fake animals & then we were outta there!

Luke was much happier once we got home (and once I took the ridiculous pumpkin hat off him)