Spooktacular

With Halloween being on a Sunday this year we tried to do as many things for the kids this year so that they didn't feel jipped for not being able to walk around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat.  So we went to the zoo twice (posted previously).  We went to our gym's fall festival event that I only got a couple pictures at when we went on the hay ride, but neither of them were good.  On Halloween Eve we took them to an event hosted by the library and other businesses around the community which ended with a comedy/ juggling/ ventriloquist show.  Everyone enjoyed it.  After the show he made balloon animals and swords for all who wanted them.

Trunk or Treat

That night we went to our wards Trunk or Treat and chili cook-off.  It was fun to dress up again all together as a family.  The kids enjoyed circling the lot of cars again and again until they were tired or the people ran out of candy.  It was a fun night.

Halloween Day

On Halloween we carved pumpkins with the kids.  We had a couple over for dinner too who helped out as well.

Bryson carving his pumpkin... I mean Josh carving Bryson's pumpkin with the design that he picked out while he watches.

Megan always enjoys drawing her own picture on her pumpkin instead of finding one out of a book.  This year her pumpkin was a princess.  She carved big hoop earrings that once she went to pull it out the whole thing came out.  So instead the pumpkin had ears.  She was sad at first, but in the end liked her creation.

This is what everyone else did... Connor enjoyed eating the pumpkin.  He threw a fit when I tried to take it away from him, so I figured what could it hurt eating a pumpkin? 

In between carving their pumpkins they would go hand out treats to the trick-or-treaters, which this year wasn't too many.  Either they all went somewhere else or they decided to keep the Sabbath day holy too.

We hope that everyone else enjoyed their Halloween events.

Since we all coordinated our costumes this year Megan was thinking about what we could be next year, she came up with Josh and I being a Farmer and his wife and then all the kids could be animals on the farm.  Cute, but I don't think that that costume will win us first place out our Halloween party.  So we are taking ideas, what should we be next year?  Something that is easy to make or create but is very clever... or out there.