The city of Tualatin had its 6th annual giant pumpkin regatta on Halloween. We went with my Dad & Teah to watch, and it was hilarious! They take giant pumpkins, carve out the insides, get inside of them and race around a pond. There were about 10 bobbing pumpkins in the race we watched. One guy capsized and that was then end of his pumpkin's racing days! There was a whole little Halloween carnival going on, lots of cute kids and dogs dressed up, fun times!
Preparations at the starting line!
Ella was asleep but I REALLY wanted to put her inside one of these!
Common sense caught up with me. Maybe next year.
Paddling their arms off, the race is on!
Scuba Steve is that you?!
Almost to the finish line!
Grandpa & Grandma with Ella
There is a house in Portland that we heard about on the radio that decorates their yard and house like a graveyard each year for Halloween. They have crazy good decorations. We went to see it on Halloween during the day, but apparently it's a whole new level of decked out in decor, fog, lights, scary sounds and haunting at night. It apparently changes & has new decorations each year so we'll have to hit it again next year. It's so fun to find the cool local festivities going on now that we're back in town. Starting our own traditions has been really nice!
