Every family has their traditions

Lets face it, every family has their own strange traditions when it comes to celebrating the holiday season.  Some families run to Sears at 4:30 in the morning to capitalize on those mind  boggling day-after-Thanksgiving-sales.  Some people make sure they are fully stocked with Wonder Bread in order to keep the leftovers going just as long as their lingering guests are at the house.

The Phelpses?

We shoot pumpkins.

This Thanksgiving served as our third annual Pumpkin Demolition Tradition.  In the past two years, the PDT has been carried out with the use of such items as saws, knives, axes, and sowers, however this year we incorporated a new element: the shotgun.  Our great friend Bob Zenzic is an avid hunter, and upon my mother's suggestion, brought his sawed off shotgun (sp?)  for Thanksgiving this year.

Well let me tell you!  This thing was a doozy!  I'm talking ear plugs, bracing your arms for the blow - all of that good stuff!  We had to warn various winery employees that we would be shooting our pumpkins with shotguns beforehand.  Not a statement you hear everyday, is it?

Anyways, we had a grand old time shooting, stabbing, and hacking away at all of the pumpkins my mom had bought for the holidays.  

There's definitely something to be said for taking out any familial/holiday frustrations on an unassuming pumpkin.  Keep em coming!

(pictures soon to follow)