For those of you that tried to "Guess the Weight" of the monster pumpkin on the spool table...the actual weight was 252lbs!!! Ben Schmidt of Missoula won the cash. Good eye, Ben! We'll see how you do next year.


Many of you may already know that Mike and I are going to bump elbows with some of the Heavy Hitters at the Central Market Weigh Off in Seattle this weekend. We are loading up our whopper that is still on the vine and gaining weight. We have no visions of grandeur but will be stunned if we can get close to the top 10 - HA! Mostly our mission is to glean information from the pros and see how other weigh off events are organized and run. We've had nothing but fantastic feedback and encouragement to go bigger!
Thanks to all the sponsors, participants, judges, volunteers, friends and mostly my family for unending encouragement and confidence.

Already I'm psyched for 2003!
Kim