Adventures & Pumpkins

 Saturday.....well let's back it up a little to Friday, I noticed the Weekend Hastag Project from Instagram. 

I loved it.... The goal was empty spaces or typical busy places with no people. I decided that I wanted to participate in this challenge. Well I did not wake up early enough to capture some busy places that had no people..... So I went and recruited my sidekick, Haleigh, and we went all over town trying to find abandoned places or more like Halloween-y spots. 

Keeping with Halloween, our first stop was the Rexburg Cemetery. I didn't even know there was one till I googled it. 

We arrived and there was a set up for a funeral...little creepy since Haleigh swore up and down that there was a coffin in the hole (on better inspection there was not!). 

Then we walked around and found some super cool graves, found the Founder of Rexburg & Ricks College, and even saw a Weeping Angel (if you don't watch Doctor Who you won't understand why I was so excited about that)! 

It was kind of cool walking around the graveyard....and super eerie and creepy. 

We finally got creeped out and left for our next destination: The Drive-in Theater.

We got some cool pictures at the drive-in, at the potato factory, at a section of the railroad, and at the nature park. 

Man, did we laugh our heads off!?! Who knew that going around town would be such a crazy adventure! 

Haleigh balanced on a broken piece of railroad that was about five feet off the ground. We met a lot ducks and hung off of some rail cars. That's when Haleigh became my muse.... I love taking pictures of her and they turned out to be AMAZING, if I do say so myself.

Sunday night, John and I carved pumpkins!! I have never been one to willingly get myself dirty but I love carving pumpkins and it is super messy!! I love the smell of a freshly opened pumpkin. I love scooping out the guts. I love the craftiness to carve the pumpkin. I love putting a candle in and seeing your finished product. And I absolutely love having pumpkin seeds to munch on afterwards!

I tried a new way to make pumpkin seeds this year.... I still soaked them overnight in salt water but then I followed this recipe by OhHowSheGlows.com. They turned out fabulous!!