FALL IS HERE!
I took Emily and Joshua to Tualatin last Saturday for the Pumpkin Kayak Races. The contestants brought their pumpkins for a weigh-in, then they were put into the lake to see which side was the top. Then they cut out a hole with a saw, which cracked Emily up to think that at home when she carves out her pumpkin, she uses a little kitchen knife. Some of the pumpkins were decorated and some of the riders wore costumes. Finally they were all ready and took off across the lake. It was hilarious. They are so slow! A couple of them filled with water and dumped the rider in the lake and had to be drug back to the shore before they sunk all the way.

It was pretty amazing to see how huge those pumpkins can get and a really unique way to see one used. Usually we think of pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread or just plain carving them out for a Jack-O-Lantern...who would have ever thought of making one into a kayak?