Pumpkin Carving!

Halloween is the time of a great tradition on the Whitman campus -- no not trick-or-treating downtown, not costume parties, but rather the men's tennis team annual pumpkin carving! As is the annual tradition with this event my children pick their favorite pumpkins as winners. The team is full of bright young men who over the years have come to realize the way to pumpkin carving victory was to carve anything that resembled something to do with Pokeman. Anything Pokeman and my kids loved it. Either my kids have matured (they are 12 and 8) or Pokeman is starting to lose its popularity because this is the first year a Pokeman themed pumpkin didn't win.

This year's winners of the Annalise award for Outstanding Pumpkin Carving goes to -- Jeff Tolman and Will Huskey for Lion howling in the moon! And the Benjamin award for Mastery of all things Pumpkin goes to Nasko (for his batman rendition). Note this was especially sweet award for the Bulgarian since he is new to art of pumpkin carving.

I also prepared a HUGE beef brisket in my smoker (15 pounds) for the team to enjoy after the

pumpkin carving. As you can see from the picture it was one massive piece of meat! Everyone raved about the dinner but I'm beginning to think if I BBQ any type of meat the guys on the team will devour it and claim it was amazing food. Something about college guys and food..they never seem to get enough!