The Woman Who Wanted To Program, but never did. Page 16

There were many fun hours of pumpkin carving for Jessica's parents ahead. It would take almost all day to carve all the pumpkins. The also had to put the LED lamps in them. The lamps were of course solar and would light up the pumpkins for the entire night.

The listened to Halloween music while carving the pumpkins. Which got them in the mood for Halloween. The also snacked on candy corn and candy bars. When they took out the pumpkin seeds they did not throw them in the compost bin. The would wash them and put the seeds on baking pans and put them in the oven to cook because the were to one of the snacks for the weekend party. After the pumpkins were cooked the sprinkled the with either powered sugar, brown sugar, or cinnamon, or left them plain. Or for the best topping for pumpkin seeds they would dip them in chocolate and then sprinkle them with sprinkles. It was a delightful treat that every party guest was sure to enjoy so them dunked a lot of pumpkin seeds in chocolate so there there was sure to be enough for ever guest who wanted a chocolate covered pumpkin seed.

"So Dad how are you enjoying the pumpkin carving Jessica's mother asked. "Oh, I am enjoying it a lot. This is going to be a fun vacation if the rest of it is a great as this pumpkin carving. Every guest at the party is going to enjoy looking at the pumpkins and guessing who the likeness are supposed to be. Mother don't you think." "Yes, I agree with you dad. Say lets take a break and have a snack of some chocolate covered pumpkin seeds and watch some television. I think are favorite show is on.

The show she was talking about was called Shanda Sander Rock crawler. Which was a reality show that fallowed Shanda Sanders a three time rock crawling champion. It followed her exciting life and. Also it showed the building of her dune biggie that she used for her competitions. The show was so exciting to Jessica's parents that one day the wanted to go to Rock Crawling fantasy camp which would allow them how to crawl rock in a jeep and the could even buy the jeep and enroll in a rock crawling league for hobbyists just learning the sport and needed people to compete with and friends to make. Yes it was going to be so exciting. They planed to go on that vacation later in the year and invite Jessica along so that she could learn the fascinating sport also.

This particular episode showed what and how Shanda prepared for a weekend competition. It showed what she packed and how she prepared and hauled her vehicle to the competition and how she registered for the competition. It was exciting to watch.