The Art of Pumpkin Carving: A Journey of Discovery and Laughter

As professional YouTubers, Evan and Katelyn embarked on a unique adventure - carving a pumpkin. Their enthusiasm was palpable as they began by making a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin, explaining that this would allow them to insert a light source inside. "This won't hurt for a bit," Evan quipped, but Katelyn quickly interrupted, joking about the possibility of creating a butt instead of a traditional pumpkin shape.

As they delved deeper into the process, their banter and playful jabs at each other's struggles with the drill became increasingly entertaining. Evan asked if he should go in reverse first, prompting Katelyn to respond that she didn't want him to get gut on his beautiful shirt from shopevanandkatelyn.com. The conversation was laced with humor and light-hearted teasing, setting the tone for a fun and engaging video.

Katelyn's curiosity about how pumpkins grow led to a discussion about the nutrients needed by living organisms. Evan jokingly suggested that they might learn more by buying live pumpkins next year and observing their growth patterns. The conversation meandered into Katelyn's thoughts on how much time she'd spent around live pumpkins, prompting her to wonder if pumpkins even excrete.

As they continued to carve, the pace of the drill created a sense of suspense, with Evan remarking that it was getting serious. Katelyn reassured him that he could hold the pumpkin while she inserted the light source, and Evan joked about pulling out all the stops. The conversation shifted to their workout routine for the evening, with Evan teasing Katelyn about not wanting her to struggle too much.

The turning point came when Evan suggested going in reverse, prompting a burst of laughter from both creators. Katelyn playfully noted that this was the least stressful part of the process and a welcome break for her brain. The conversation wandered into the world of pumpkin lore, with Evan musing about whether all pumpkins are born with their seeds intact.

As they neared completion, the duo acknowledged the value of their audience's comments in helping them refine their craft. Katelyn shared that she learned more from making videos and reading comments than researching topics. The conversation took a philosophical turn, with Evan suggesting that the best way to become an expert is to be the only one doing it.

As they finished carving the pumpkin, Evan quipped that they should do massive versions of this project in the future - if the people demand it. Katelyn joked that they could cut out the part where Evan struggles with the drill and never reveal their secret technique. The final shot was a POV of Evan as his dentist, with Katelyn's voiceover noting that they would never go back to carving like normal. The video ended on an upbeat note, leaving viewers with a lasting impression of the laughter-filled journey of pumpkin carving with Evan and Katelyn.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enToday, we're continuingour years long journeyof trying to perfectlypreserve a pumpkin in resin.(Evan groans)and this year...Freeze dry, freeze dry,(groaning continues)freeze dry, freeze dry.Oh, god, freeze dry,freeze dry, freeze dry.(Katelyn and Evan groan)freeze dry, freezedryer, freeze dry.Ah, oh, and this year,we're gonna listento the thousands of you guyswho have been telling usto freeze dry the pumpkin first.KATELYN: This video isbrought to you by Squarespace,the all-in-one platformfor all your website needs.(wheels squeak)(Evan hums)BOTH: Ta-da!(Evan laughs)So freeze dryers arekind of like magic.First, they freeze in theitem, then they pull a vacuum,then they heat that item,which sublimates any solidfrozen water into gas, poof.This method ofdrying helps the itemretain its originalshape much betterthan how wedehydrated Bean here.(Evan screams)Bean is our past attemptat removing moisturefrom a pumpkin beforepreserving him in resin.We tried dehydrating him withsalt, which got out some,but not all of the moisture,and he is holding up decently,aside from the mysterious crustwe have to scrape offhim every six months.After Bean, we triedcovering the pumpkinsin so much resin that themoisture wouldn't matter,but they still ended uprotting in their resin prisons.So we're going backto moisture removalin the most extreme waypossible, a freeze dryer,but the problem withfreeze dryers is thatthe shelves look like this.They're meant to hold alot of individual items,but you can't fita pumpkin in here.So we had to work directlywith the manufacturerto make this tray bigenough to fit a pumpkin.It is a tiny pumpkin,but it does fit.But even a freeze dryer thissize already costs $2,500.So we're not gettinga bigger one.It's $2,500?I thought I told you.You might have, butthis was so long ago.I kind of forgot.It'll be worth itthough, right, guys?It'll be worth it.KATELYN: Since we'venever used this machine,we wanted to get someadvice from our friend Nate,from the internet, who's donea lot of freeze drying before.Well, we wanted to,to thank you againfor doing the test that youran earlier with the pumpkins.Like that gave us somuch more confidenceto do this project overall.I am very interested to seehow it turns outwith a whole pumpkin,'cause everything I did wasnot like sliced up tests.It's not terribly quick'cause pumpkins have somuch moisture in them.BOTH: Yes.To really get the water out.My recommendation wouldactually be to poke holesin the skin all overthe entire pumpkin.You should start withsomething called cactus juice.That is, you bake aresin that is designedto get sucked intoblocks of wood.I know that total boatmakes a penetrating epoxythat is super, super thin.Well, I would definitelydo a small scale testwith that if you have time.If you could get it down tolike half an inch thick walls,that would help a lot, I bet.I know it's possible.How to make it work well,I don't know yet.That's up to us.I'm looking forward to watchingyour video to learn how.Thank you.Oh, yes,I'm sure it will be veryinformative and official.Well, this makes us feela lot better going this.Thanks so much for your time.Good to see you guys.Bye.All right, bye.So we are gonna start withfour small scale tests.One that's a quarter inch,one that's a half inch,and then another quarterinch and a half inchbut with holes poked in them.(Evan laughs)I'm really excited.Like this is finally happening.I know.Ooh, ooh, you'remaking progress.♪ I don't wanna cut any partsof my body off, no, no ♪I was thinking of getting a saw,but like you mightbe able to do it,but should I get a saw?Do you want to get a saw?Yeah.Also, I wasn't filmingany of that. (laughs)We'll just cut throughthis first bit.KATELYN: Oh, you're going,oh, into the whole pumpkin.I just wanna make sure thatwas through the wood part.Would it be good forthe whole pumpkin?(suspenseful twinkling)(saw scrapes)(Zelda secret puzzle chime)Oh, my gosh.Oh, my god!Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh!It's like butter!Here, you do it, It's so fun.It's really fun.Are you filming?I'm filming this time.(saw scrapes)(Katelyn laughs)(tool clatters)KATELYN: There we go.I think everything wasa little bit blown out,but I fixed it now.Great, it's fine, it's great.I've only been doingthis for seven years.I'm sure I'll get it one day.KATELYN: You know, Inever cut a pumpkinin this way before.I feel like I'm learning things.(Evan claps hands)We came up with what wethink might be a unique wayto add a lot ofholes to a pumpkin,'cause we don't wanna likepoke it with like a toothpick.He'll look likehe has like acne.Gross.(Evan laughs)We don't want like ateenager hormonal pumpkin.We want a beautiful...A beautiful, shinybaby pumpkin. (laughs)EVAN: So we're gonna usefacial care products.This is a micro needler.I do think this isa very clever idea.I was also very surprised.Oh, oh!Oh, gosh!All the needles, allthe needles are bent!No!(suspenseful music)(Evan blows)There's spider (blows)stuff on it now. (blows)Hey, that's...That'll be fine.(Katelyn laughs)Oh, my god.Evan's chaos salon.(Evan laughs)He throws the toolsbefore he usesthem on you.Welcome, man.KATELYN: I wonder ifthis is how they do it.EVAN: A little spa day.KATELYN: Yeah, itwas a little spa day.Can you see if they'regoing in deep enough?I think that they justbarely go through.Yes, they might.I see it, I see it.I'm trying to like...Ah, I know what to do!Wait, wait, ah!I'll be back.(upbeat music)(Evan laughs)I'll take any excuse tojustify my purchasing of toys.Hello?It's ready,and it's glorious, come and see.KATELYN: Okay, (laughs)I'm in the house. (laughs)The call's comingfrom inside the house.Okay.Now, cover your eyes.KATELYN: What?EVAN: I know thisis so unnecessary.Okay.But I just get like proudof the things that I make.Can I look?Oh, my god. (laughs)Oh, my god.(Katelyn gasps)I can see!EVAN: Look at that.KATELYN: No, this is great,this is great, this is great.EVAN: I think some of themdo go like all the way in.That's so satisfying.I think it's good enoughthat it's worthdoing and continuing.Like we said, we don't wantit to visibly look likeit has a bunch of holes in it.This is doing something.It is.I have confidence thatit's doing something.We've confirmed it.It was worth all of your effort(bell dings)and owning all of thesethings, it was worth it.I love hearing that.Thanks for making me happy.(upbeat music)Now that we have oursample pieces ready,and we've given half of thema very extensivefacial treatment,it's time to move onto the freeze dryer.The first part of freezedrying is freezing.This thing can do it, butit's often recommendedif you have somethingthat is super moistor you wanna bemore time efficientthat you freeze it yourselfbefore putting it in there.So we could put itin our freezer or...(Evan laughs)We could dip it inliquid nitrogen! (laughs)Guess that's whatwe're gonna do.Hey, we're saving time.We're being efficient.Let's not think aboutthe time it took to driveand go fill up theliquid nitrogen,but it's still more efficient.It's still more efficient.Yeah.Yes!Our cauldron, she bubbles.EVAN: It's also justlike so Halloweeny.KATELYN: I know.EVAN: Oh.Ah, you can't see anything!KATELYN: No, youcan't, but I hear it.(playful Halloween music)Blowing it justdoesn't do anything.No.Oh, you can see it.See, you can seeit, you can see it.KATELYN: Yeah, well,I can like feelthe coldness releasing.EVAN: Whoa, look at that!KATELYN: Whoa, smoking.I could probablydrop it on the groundand shatter it intothousands of pieces.Oh, it cracked!(Katelyn gasps)Look, there's a crack!KATELYN: Oh, no!It's cracking right now!Uh-oh!Uh-oh!Is that 'cause itfroze too fast or 'cause it...Probably 'causeit froze too fast.KATELYN: Okay, so...Maybe we do justfreeze it normally.We're learning lessons.(upbeat music)Yay!(Evan groans)KATELYN: Crazy how muchit just evaporates away.EVAN: Oh, oh, this one...Oh, oh, it's crackingin real time!Oh, my god.Oh, my gosh!KATELYN: Oh, geez.It's just snap crackle popping.Well, we're learning lessons.We're learning.Isn't that exciting?Yeah!EVAN: Okay, well,we're learning lessons.We're learning.Do you want some help?There's...It sealed on me.Oh, it's sealed because ofthe pressure of the cool...The... (groans)KATELYN: Oh, 'cause it's cold.'Cause it's cold.It's cool, it pulled it.Pulled it in 'causeit was sealed.Okay, okay, one last one.Okay, let's go.Well, you know, atleast this looks cool.It looks so cool!Look at us being so Halloweeny.Okay.Okay.EVAN: Wow, it's sucha like funky patternof smoke on top of this.It's like, whoa, it'slike it's floating on top.You know, the good news iswe're already learning so much.We're already learningso much, but Nate saidthat he needed likeabout three full daysor something like that.I think let's start with oneday and check in tomorrow.(upbeat music)I looked at them,and I have thoughts.They look like crackers.(Evan laughs)They got so dry,especially the thin one.Look at it.EVAN: Well, I thinkthe microneedlingdid something perhaps.So both of these werethe microneedles.Well, this is interesting.We must have missed those spots.KATELYN: I didn't goover those ones as muchbecause they had the hard parts,and I didn't wannabreak the needles.Wow, now, thesedo seem very dry,which is incrediblypromising, but-KATELYN: But it definitelymessed with the texture.Wow!Whoa!That's the non microneedled.EVAN: This broke because ofthe liquid nitrogen though.This side of it is wild looking.So that's our mostlike untouched pumpkin.This is very unexpected,the way that these look.No.Is it actually dry?Dry all the way through?Let me try cracking it.Oh, yeah.It's solidly dry.That is super dry.So encouraging.Yeah.But complete failure.Not a complete failure.This would, like this...(Evan sighs)None of these are what I wanted.I think we need to dothis exact same test againbut without the liquid nitrogen.KATELYN: I think you're right.It was just tooviolent of a freeze.I mean, I was excited about it.It was exciting.It was cool, but itliterally destroyed these.It destroyed these.I think let's juststick it in herewithout messing with it.Let's not pre-freeze it.Let's not do anything.Let's just like use it asit was supposed to be used.Okay.(both laugh)(upbeat music)(Evan laughs)(upbeat music continues)See what the Supurrvisor thinks.EVAN: Oh, yes.VOICEOVER: Fifthtime's the charm.EVAN: She completesthe Halloween vibe.Yes, she's my littleHalloween girly.Oh, yes.(upbeat music continues)All right, let's seehow test two has gone.I have not looked today.I'm kind of worried.So far they look the same.Oh.I don't think that wecan do the microneedling.I don't think we can either.This one, it's like...It looks like a basketball.(Katelyn laughs)Right?KATELYN: It does, like theholes are more pronounced.'cause it was the longer needle.Now let's see if themicroneedling was even needed.No, that looks way better.That looks way more natural.Like it's stilllike a little ugly.Still a bit ugly.That does look better.This one had a littlebit of cracking,but I think it's better.Like the whole point of uspreserving a real pumpkinis for it to looklike a real pumpkin.If it looks this bad,we should have just boughta styrofoam pumpkin.We don't speak of that.That defeats the whole purpose.Okay, okay.That defeats myentire existence.Erase this, erase,erase that thought.Erase that thought.I just wanna get across section right now.(gaps) This is feelingvery promising.It's just like we...We created so manyproblems for ourselvesthat we tried to pre-solve.We could have justtried sticking it in.What if it...What if in the end, we don't doany of the things we thought?What if we don't even needto thin it out at all?We just leave it atits regular thickness.We can't make thatconclusion yet though.No, these...We're learning things.We are learning things.Are they useful, I don't know,but we're learning things.We'll let these getto room temperatureto see if this moisturegets worse or not,and then we'll then we'lldecide what to do next.Yeah.(bright music)All right, so it'sbeen more than an hour.It's been like eight,(bright music)and it's now 10:15,but the good news isit's not as perfectly dry,but it's still quite dry.(playful music)Can I...?You can- I am not.I am not.It smells kind of good.BOTH: It smells good?(suspenseful music)(playful music)I just...EVAN: Dehydrated pumpkin,what's the verdict?Kind of tastes likenothing/a leaf.I think it's totally dry enough.It passes the test.We didn't need todo any of this.We could've justcarved and stuck it in.Shh, it's fine.Shall we introduce youto this year's pumpkins?We have...The chosen one of this year.(bright music)Sprout!Sprout will be getting resin.Sprout, we thought it made sense'cause our last dehydratedpumpkin was Bean.Bean.And this guy's little,so he's like a bean sprout.Yeah, that's cute.And then we haveour control pumpkin,which will still be dehydratedbut will not be resined,and he is Squeak.Squeak.'Cause that's thenoise he is gonna makewhen he finds out he'snot getting resin.(laughs) Speaking of fun,cute pumpkin designs,Katelyn, tell me about thatsuper cool t-shirtyou're wearing,which you can get atshopevanandkatelyn.com.This is a T-shirt withall of our pumpkins,the successes and the failures,since we started this...This is year five ofdoing this tradition,but that's not all.In addition to ourpumpkin themed merch,we also just launchedour holiday collection.(items clatter)EVAN: First off, wehave a comfy sweaterwith a devious looking Joobieand ornaments that shedefinitely knocked off the tree.(shutter clicks)(suspenseful music)KATELYN: Then we havetwo ode to resin designs,one with this cute illustrationof Joob on the frontvibing to somedo-do-do-do resin timeand sheet music on the back,and one that's more subtlewith just the sheetmusic on the front.EVAN: We've also gota shirt featuringour totally normalgingerbread men.KATELYN: They're anatomicallycorrect, and we had to adda cozy holiday sweaterinspired Words are Hard tee,but we also have thismetal Words are Hard designinspired by the band teesI wore in high school.EVAN: To get thesebefore Christmas,order by December 10th ifyou're in the US or EU,December 6th foreverywhere else.KATELYN: The Joob sweatertakes a bit longer.So order it by November15th for standard shippingor November 23rd for expedited.Shopevanandkatelyn.com,all right.Shopevanandkatelyn.com, sorry.I wanted to sayit one more time.Okay, let's carve.Let's carve.We're such good likeprofessional YouTubers.As always, we are cuttinga hole in the butt,'cause we wanna beable to put a lightin these guys at the end.EVAN: This won't hurt for a bit.This won't hurt a butt.Oh wait. (laughs)It made a butt.No, hey, he had a butt before.Look at that, what is that?If that's not a butt rightthere, then what is it?You just made itbigger. (laughs)(ambient music)I wonder how pumpkins grow,because they'reattached here, right?Yes.So what you do even...KATELYN: You know, withall living organisms,nutrients have to comein and nutrients go out.The nutrients don't come outof the bottom plug.Okay, yup, what if?You don't know.I know!(laughs) You don't know.Pumpkins don't excrete, Katelyn.KATELYN: How muchtime have you spentaround live pumpkins?I should have puta drop cloth down.Maybe some pumpkins will grow,and we won't need tobuy them next year.And then we can seewhat the butts are for,and, yeah, whatcomes out. (laughs)Katelyn.(Katelyn laughs)Sometimes, she just getsomething in her head,and she can't letit go. (laughs)Do you want me to helpwith your butt hole?I can add my own, thank you.So I put it in reverse first?No, just (indistinct).(transition whooshes)(suspenseful music)(Evan laughs)Don't laugh, I need leverage.(Katelyn sighs)(drill whirs)(suspenseful music continues)Can you hold the pumpkin?god dang it!Okay, here's where itgets serious, you guys.Sure. (laughs)(drill creaks)I don't wanna get gutson my beautiful Evanand Katelyn shirtfrom shopevanandkatelyn.com.Are you sure Ishouldn't go reverse?However you wanna do it babe.Run in reverse.(drill whirs)Oh, why didn't youtell me that initially?Because I like watching youstruggle just a little bit.I'm gonna go reverse.(drill creaks)(Katelyn sighs)You know, we're skippingworkout tonight.EVAN: Pull it out,and then get it going.While it's spinning,gently insert.Yeah, yup, yup,and slowly insert.Yes!(drill whirs)How long were yougonna let me struggle?Long enough. (laughs)Until you said something.I wanted to let youdo it your own way.I don't have a way.(Evan laughs)So, baby.(upbeat music)Yeah?How's your evening been?Stressful.(both laugh)Just being real.Not because of this.No.This is the leaststressful part.This is really nice and calming.This is like a goodbreak for my brain.Yeah, I wonder ifall pumpkins are bornwith all of their seeds.Mm.The seeds get bigger, andthe pumpkin gets bigger,but there's a set amountof seeds per pumpkin.Mm.Or do pumpkinskeep on growing more seeds?I don't know.Someone's gonna let usknow in the comments.One of the most interesting-Pumpkin lore, sorry.That's the most interestingthing about being a YouTuber.No, that's not.There's a lot of interestingthings about being a YouTuber,but one of the mostinteresting thingsabout being a YouTuber,especially in our space,is how helpful you guysare in the comments.I learn more by making a videoand looking at the commentsthan like I do researching.Yeah, if only we did projectslike the exact sameway multiple times.It would be so much better.Yeah, we'd get so muchbetter the second time.The best way to learnif you're right or notis to state your opinion online.The fastest way to becomean expert at somethingis to be the only one doing it.(both laugh)If this works well, do youthink, like in the future,we should do a massive one?If the people demand it,then we have no choice.Yeah, but we can cutthis part of the video.Yeah, exactly.And never tell them.(upbeat music)Don't worry, this won'thurt much. (laughs)KATELYN: POV, Evanis your dentist.We can never go backto carving like normal.This is too satisfying.Yeah.(upbeat music)Oh, no!Say, \"Ah!\"Ah! (laughs)(drill whirs)Ah!Say, \"Oh, no, my eyes!\"Say, \"Why wouldyou poke me there?\"(laughs) Don't say that.That sounds wrong.(drill whirs)(upbeat music)KATELYN: Why do youlook so surprised?(upbeat music continues)He looks good!Ah, look how cute!Look at our...Look at our sons.Sleep well, Squeak.Sleep well, Sprout.Now, even though it's 11:08.KATELYN: We're notgonna be sleeping well.Time for one moresmall scale test and...Oh, that's when weplayed \"Resin Time\".♪ Resin time, resin time ♪♪ Do-Do-Do, resin time ♪EVAN: All right, so wethought about testingthree different epoxies,but we narrowed itdown to just two.KATELYN: So we're gonna betrying penetrating epoxy,which should really soakinto this dry pumpkin.EVAN: Wow, look atthat, look at that!KATELYN: Oh, it's soaking.Oh, it's so thirsty,but we're also not surehow strong that'llactually make the pumpkinor how far it'll soak in.So we're also gonna testour normal slow cure resindoing a coat of that.EVAN: We thought this would bethe gentlest way to go about it.Now, this is a decentamount thicker.KATELYN: I dunno if thiswill go as deep though.Yeah, I'm gonna have tolike specifically apply itlike to the edges, for example.I don't think it'sgonna just soak in.EVAN: Little artsand craft project.KATELYN: Yeah.EVAN: We have the mostunique resin times.Every time we email Total Boat.(Evan laughs)I'm just like,\"What are they gonnasay this time?\"We have a new idea!(suspenseful music)Welcome to another episodeof \"Love Peninsula\".Will our contestantsfind true love?Hi, I'm Dave, and Iam a marine biologist,and I love romantic swims.♪ I got out this potentialthis deep inside of me ♪Hi, I'm Candy,and I'm a professionalBritish voice actress,and I am just here tofind a husband. (sobs)Hi, I'm Chad, andI'm unemployed.♪ Behave when I keep dreaming ♪I'm Becca, and in thepast, if I saw a red flag,I'd paint my nails tomatch, but that changes now.Hey, how you doing?Hi.Hello.I was surprised becauseDave slid into my DMstwo months agotrying to impress mewith this websitehe was building.I had no idea hewould be on the show.Hey, you, how's yourwebsite building going?Oh, I never actually built it.(suspenseful music)It's 2024, who doesn'thave a website?I think I can save him.I'll just introduce him totoday's sponsor, Squarespace.Candy showed me how I caneasily build my own website.I can pick my domainname and use SEO tools.I can pick from theirawesome templatesor I can make my own usingthe cutting edge blueprint AI.I don't wanna jinx it,but now that he has aSquarespace website,he might be the one.His website is impressive.This place is gonna get so hot.Go tosquarespace.com/EvanandKatelynto get 10% off your firstpurchase of a website or domainand catch the next dramaticepisode of \"Love Peninsula\".Did everyone forget about me?I have interesting andunexpected results.I notice it's covered.For both of these.Now, from this side,both look fairly similar,but from the other side...KATELYN: Oh!Oh.Oh, that's not good.Which one is that?My guess is thisis the penetrating,since it looks more soaked in.This looks likethe regular resin.No.What?EVAN: This is thepenetrating resin.What?I think what happened,it was too much, 'causelike this soaked upso much penetrating resin.It has to be pretty thin.It overheated.It bubbled out, andit leaked back out.It overheated.Well, I can see that.I can see the bubbles.Yeah, and it leaked out,and that's so unexpected.I'm so glad we tested it both,'cause the winner is this!KATELYN: It's the regular resin.EVAN: This is thewinner in all ways.I just, I can't believe I...It's so opposite ofwhat I was thinking.Everything that wetried special failed.Yes.Yes, it did.All right, now,are we ready forthe second surprise?So these test pumpkins,they wrinkled.They cracked.Their skin got weird.Yeah.Prepare yourself.(paper rips)KATELYN: Ooh, oh, mygosh, they look good!(Katelyn gasps)They look good!KATELYN: They look good.You know what thedifference is, guys?They haven't beencooking as long.I've been monitoring theseguys, and they've been good.They've been good,but the bottom...Oh, I see.Has started to cookand separate, the skinhas started to separate.I think it's the heat.These heating pads allaround, they get really hot.And they're contactingon the bottom,and that's where it'sstarting to crackle.I think we shouldpop him out now.Okay.Our boy!He is incredibly cold, andhe still feels kind of...Uh-oh.Moist.Oh, he is starting tocrack up here, too.KATELYN: He is, (groan) gosh.EVAN: I don't want anycondensation formingon him anywhere.Well, it will, right,because he's very cold,and this is much warmer.The most importantthing is Sprout.Yes.The question I'm tryingto answer right now isdo we dry him moreor is he good as is?When we pulled these out,they were much lighter.He feels like you stillgot some moisture in him.So we should probablyjust stick 'em back.That's what I was thinking.Dry those, okay.Yeah, they're not dry, dang it.I'm gonna play devil'sadvocate for a second.Bean was not completelydry when we dehydrated himand put him in resin.How dry do theseguys have to be?They're frozen.Yeah.We don't know how dry they are.Yeah, okay, we'lljust let 'em cook.If they're crackly, it's okay.The crackles are okay.I know, but I'd likethem to look like this.That's the whole point.It's like a struggle.It's like...And like we have to decide now.It's a balancing act.It's a balancing actbetween looking goodand being better preserved.KATELYN: After much debating,we decided to freezedry them a bit longer.EVAN: We've been extra patient.It's 9:45.Definitely cracking even more.It's ripping and tearing.Oh, yeah.EVAN: And the butt isdefinitely starting to...KATELYN: The buttis getting damaged.Ooh.We don't want him to crack.We also don't wanthim to be wet,but maybe it's notpossible to have both.There's definitely,there is definitely 100%,there's water on here.I know.Look at that.Because it's condensation.It's getting moist.I'm taking drastic action.Oh, I also think that whenwe took the other ones out,we had let them warmup in here for a while.So we're gonna dothe same thing,but then when we turn itoff, leave them in there.For how long, like an hour?As I glance at the time?Katelyn, we haveone shot of thisbefore we go to TwitchCon.Yeah, we hadn'tmentioned that yet,but we are leaving in two days.So there's like alittle bit of pressure.If we fail on this, we needto wait like two weeks.I'm just gonna sitout here and baby it.Okay.You know, we can just set analarm for like 3:00 am and...I'm just gonna chill out here.Okay.Wish me luck.I don't know what's happening.We're taking care of our boys.Look, look, look,look, you see the icejust falling off down there?Yes, uh-huh.EVAN: The ice isfalling off of our boys.KATELYN: But they haveto come out of thereat some point.No, we'll...KATELYN: We can'tprotect them forever.We'll keep them safeforever in their vacuum.KATELYN: No, we can't, we can't.This is how wepreserve them forever.KATELYN: We just leavethem in the freeze dryer?We did it, guys, look!Yeah.They're on life support.You know, he's notthat much differentfrom our other pumpkin cubes.He's just a pumpkin in adifferent type of cube.He is a pumpkin in a cube.He's perfect.And are you...Is this where you live nowso you can always watch him?Yeah.Okay.(phone rings)Hey, should I come outside?So I have...I have... (clears throat)I have news.Should I come out there?Yeah.Okay, I'll be right there.Okay, that was aominous phone call.So this has defrosted enough,but like I think I havethe data that I need.This isn't dried.This dried.The really cracky part isbecause this was contactingthe heating element.Can you pull up a chair?I want this to be a moment.Let's sit down andchat for a bit.This journey to preservea pumpkin foreveris so frustrating.Why don't they just behave?If we dry it to this degree,it's gonna look like this.I think if we coveredhim in resin now,it would ultimatelybe a failure.Yeah.Just like Francis.Yeah.I think the only optionis to fully dry himuntil he's crackly.Now, we're going outof town in two days.Yeah.And then we could put himin a bag with the silica.The thing is they havebeen dehydrated some.Yes.We just need to likekeep the process going.It's gonna be whatit's gonna be.We are gonna seethis attempt through.It just not be whatwe are hoping for.But we'll learn.Hey, baby,you know what's fun?Learning.(playful music)All right, it's earlythe next morning.It has continued to dry,but it's drying unevenly.The sides where he got heated.Yeah.It looks likethat's pretty dry.They're looking crusty.EVAN: But the face, thishasn't changed much at all.This hasn't changed much at all.KATELYN: Okay, so we'llrotate both of 'em.Put them back in andresume the drying process.They are a lot lighter.It's encouraging, but I thinkthey need a little bit more.Yeah, yeah.Which isn't goodbecause I want it to be done.We're about to...We're leaving.(playful music continues)We just checked the time lapse.The changes have slowed down.I think it's worthtaking them out again.And we're learning.How many times have we saidwe're learning in this video?You know, it's notthe destination.It's the learning thatwe've had along the way.The learning's the friendswe made along the way.The learning is the friendswe made along the way.AwwwYou know, a lot of peoplelike to point out thata lot of what we dois just repeat each other.It's fine.We share a single brain cell.It's fine.I like your fall shirt.Thank you, I likeyour Halloween shirt.Thank you, but notas much as the oneat shopevanandkatelyn.com.Oh, yeah.Go in to shopevanandkately.com.That's so much better.Oh, oh, yes.It might..This is it, oh, Katelyn.(gasps) He's lightweight,oh, he's dry.Oh, yes.Thank goodness.Oh, my gosh, okay.Those needed more time.Just needed more.I look forward toseeing more time.It's interesting, thisone is so much darkerbut also light, so Ithink they're both good.Oh, I'm so relieved though.Oh, my gosh.I'm so relieved they're dry.(upbeat music)The resin is ready.Sprout, are you ready?Give him...Make him respond.He's dead. (laughs)Oh, yeah, I forgot.I'm gonna start bypouring resin inside.Yeah.And sloshing it around.That resin sloshingaround in there.KATELYN: Oh, yeah,I see it sloshing.There we go.Absorbing inside.KATELYN: He's so dry,he needs to be moistenedMoistened with theforever moisturizer.It's a body massage.KATELYN: I don'tknow if he signed upfor that kind of massage.(Evan laughs)I'm sorry, little guy.Trust me, I'm a professional.I mean, who else hasas much experiencepreserving pumpkins as we do?Maybe we are the professionals.We are, I think that we arethe foremost leading expertsin preserving pumpkins.(bright music)Why?I don't know, something'sjust happen happened to you.KATELYN: (laughs) Wedidn't choose this path.The path chose us.(Katelyn laughs)You know, I think thatthere's a high probabilitythat we're gonnado another coat.KATELYN: I would feelbetter about another coat,especially 'cause it mightslide a little bit as it cures.Yeah.And might revealsome bare spots.Yeah.KATELYN: He's waythirstier than I expected.This is gonna bethe first controlthat we might actuallykeep around for a while.I know, they all die.(suspenseful music)Squeak, are yougonna stay with us?Ah!Right down the hatch.Up the butt. (laughs)I learned early in our datingthat Katelyn has the humor of a,I don't know, 13-year-old boy?(Katelyn laughs)And I love that.KATELYN: Little shower.I mean, he's lookingreally good, honestly.EVAN: Looking really good.I have high faith that ourlittle boy is gonna be okay.Oh, my gosh, he's so thirsty!We need another one.This is crazy.(suspenseful music)EVAN: Okay, it's significantlystarting to heat up now.Okay, I'm gonna stabhim on his stand.Okay.I am very excited to seehow our little boy,Sprout, looks tomorrow.(suspenseful music)Da-da-da, is mine on?EVAN: Yep, they'reon, they're on.Okay, what's happening?(drums play)We forgot the condom.(singers vocalize)Oh, my gosh!We can do it now.They're just their own,their finger condoms.YouTube, don't demonetize us.They're there for this.They're for this,but we're gonnaput on the stick.Oh, I'm so glad you remembered.EVAN: Oh, oh, he's so hot.Oh, he's already sticking.Okay.EVAN: Oh, my gosh,he's scalding hot.I could barely hold him.That makes me kind ofworried that we did too much.No, it should be huh-, fine.(bright music)All right, Sprout is lookingabout the same. (laughs)Yes, I did notice he hasa little drip on his mouththat kind of looks like a tooth.EVAN: I'm alsonoticing, looking there.KATELYN: He turneddark, did he burn?EVAN: He got cookeda little bit.Oh, god dang it.At least we put thecondom on there.It doesn't bother me too much,definitely worth doinga second coat though.Doesn't he smell kind of sweet?(sniffs) He smellslike cooked sugar.(sniffs) He smells likecooked sugar. (laughs)I'm...I'm sure there's acertain amount of sugars,like naturally occurringsugars in pumpkins.That are left behind.I'm sure.When you even freeze dry them.(sniffs) And youknow, sugars burn,and they brown. (sniffs)He smells delicious. (sniffs)(blower whirs)We definitely added toomuch resin yesterday.EVAN: If we didn'tsaturate it fully.KATELYN: Then itmight not have workedits way all the way in.Exactly, let's proceed.KATELYN: Let's proceed.EVAN: More resin downthe hatch, all right.Katelyn does more work than melike in her brainas we're filming,'cause she not only has to worryabout like what we're doing,which is all I'm focusing on,but she also has worrylike, is it being filmed?Are we capturing what weneed to tell the storyand make it make sense?You have like themaster list of stepsand the things not to forget.Like the condom, you rememberedthe condom yesterday.Without us, they'd bestuck together forever.Exactly.We'd have to breakthem apartwithout you.Oh, thank you.Aw.Divide and conquer.He is looking good.He is looking good.Very nice.(gentle music)Is the condom...Oh, my gosh.KATELYN: Is the condom on him?Did he absorb it?(upbeat music)(condom snaps)Did it break?You broke the condom?The tip fell off.KATELYN: Oh, no,oh, probably fine.That fine, that's fine.KATELYN: To thetime lapse station.Look at this, isn'tthis beautiful guys?Look at how professional.KATELYN: I know, Squeakis already in there?EVAN: Looks good, looksvery professional.Okay, let's startthe time-lapse,and we'll see what they do.(upbeat music)(suspenseful music)It's me, it's angry me,and I don't like her.EVAN: (laughs) Howdo you feel, Katelyn?Handsome.(bright music)We just landed.It's 2:00am.It's time to go check onour pumpkin boys and Joobie.KATELYN: Okay, Ihope it's not stinky.EVAN: Huh, I smell a little bit.I smell a little bit of pumpkin.Shall we look?EVAN: Go for it, yeah.Oh, they look pretty similar.I think.Oh.Squeak is a lot whiter.Wait, is Sprout wet?KATELYN: I think he'sjust the resin, right?EVAN: They look fine,let's touch them tomorrow.You know what Iworry about though?(Katelyn gasps)Was the time lapse not running?You're connected to the battery.You're connectedto power, my guy.KATELYN: Uh-oh, but, now,we have to do somethingeven more important.I hear her, love, my keys!(Evan laughs)Like they're notin my normal spot.I'm coming, Joobie!(keys rattle)EVAN: Oh, no, baby. (laughs)She's so desperate.Baby, oh, my god!Hey!Hi, how are you?Oh, yeah.How's my baby?Oh, she looks so tinyin your lap.Because she's tiny, baby.Thank you.Oh, yes.Okay, say bye, Joobie.(upbeat music)It's been over three weekssince we placed the pumpkinsin the time-lapse chamber.Are you ready to inspect them?EVAN: Yes.They look...They look good!Squeak is very ghostly,but still looking good.This is the bestcontrol we've ever had.I know, let's seehow Sprout held up.Okay, he feels good.EVAN: Oh, the color's somuch brighter and bolder.I was like, what's that?It's the finger condom.(both laugh)He got a little whiteraround his chin.I wonder if thatwas him pulling awayfrom the resin slightly,but he looks really good,like really good.(upbeat music)Five years ofpreserving pumpkins,each generationgrowing in technology,Shrinking in size.(Evan laughs)I think this is pretty great.Guys, is the curse broken?Did we do it?Did we do it?Did we do it?Can we stop now?Is there anything elseyou want us to try?We can't keep doing this.We're running out ofcloset space, y'all.We're keeping themalive, but at what cost?And speaking of closet space,if you need somethingto fill your closets,we're making more merch.\n"