We had a great weekend with our student leaders. We took about twelve student leaders to go pumpkin picking at a pumpkin patch outside of Annapolis. We had really hoped to pick apples for some desserts we planned to make later that night, but when we got there we learned they only had about seven apple trees, and apple picking was not allowed. I suppose they wanted to pick the apples themselves to make sure they were ripe, and then sell them at their fruit stand in the front. Either way, we had a lot of fun searching for the best pumpkin. The girls split off in one direction, the upperclassmen in another, and I was granted the freshmen. I was reminded of Charlie Brown and his great pumpkin, and after searching through the entire patch I feel like we picked the best pumpkin. (This usually means the largest and most round pumpkin, but for the girls it was all about the stem. Apparently the stem adds character.)
After we picked our pumpkins we went to the grocery store to pick out some apples. I guess you could call it city apple picking. Funny thing when you go to the store is that you often get groceries you never planned on getting. The midshipmen got donuts, whip cream, and a cake mix. They never go shopping.
When we finished checking out our groceries we all went to the guy's house (mine and my roommate's house), to continue our fun day. The girls chose to make the desserts, such as two different kinds of apple pies and some apple bread. They were delicious! The guys decided to make dinner, which was individual foil dinners that were thrown into the fire until done (we had a fire pit outside). They were pretty good too. We also had a little dance party, carved pumpkins, and made s'mores. It was a great night, and I think it went a long way to help build a strong catholic community at the Naval Academy.
P.S. I think the best carving was the classic pumpkin face, but that had little to do with me carving that pumpkin. Seriously...
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