Pumpkins

Pumpkin carving became a sort of art form in our house when we were kids, thanks to my dad's mad skills.

It was a brazen pumpkin heist in South Dakota. Father miffed at thieves for stealing his 100-lb gourd he was growing with his daughter.

I made a quick stop to HyVee over the lunch hour. Pumpkins are everywhere! Not only pumpkins but flowers and straw bales and everything that has to do with fall.

Saturday we were on Interstate 29 heading north on the way home from the grocery store when my wife, child and myself came across the largest pumpkin we had ever seen in real life.

The Heidinger family in Tea, South Dakota has taken their own pumpkin "hobby harvest" and turned it into something that everyone can enjoy.

Taking your kids to the local pumpkin patch to pick the perfect pumpkin for the family jack-o-lantern has just become a lot more fun......for moms and dads!