We Blew it Up this Year

Sorry I could not really think of a title and I wanted something more creative than "Our Halloween" We did all kinds of things for Halloween this year. We were very festive. I already showed you that we went to a pumpkin patch and corn maize for Halloween. I would like to show you the rest of the festivities as well as my Halloween decorations.

So this past Monday was family home evening. A night we dedicate to having family time with a little spiritual thought and something fun. So of course with it being Halloween we carved a pumpkin and I made carmel apples for refreshments. Unfortunely I did not get a picture of the apples but I was told by a friend that they were the best carmel apples they had ever tasted. Move over Martha Stewart! Here is the end result of our pumpkin. Sorry the picture is blurry but I wanted to get in glowing and the only way to do that was in the dark with no flash which equals blurry picture.

Then on Friday night Ashley came in for the weekend. We went to dinner and a Haunted House. It was suppose to be the 2nd Scariest Haunted House in America according to MSN. Now I get scared really easily. I get scared just being in line at a Haunted House but I did not get scared once. We were pretty disappointed but it was still fun to go out with Ashley and Ket. Unfortunely no pictures again

Thenext night was Halloween and we all decided to dress up. My mom asked why I did not put up any pictures of my house. I told her the decorations pretty much look the same as last year but at the last minute I decided to run out and take some pictures because I knew they would be put away by the next morning.

After I got home from work I volunteered Ashley and Ket to carve one more pumpkin for me.

Here is their finished result

Then it was time to change into our costumes. Usually I try to get creative with our costumes but this year I did not even think of them until the day for Halloween. I did not think we were going to dress up but we all decided to. Ashley was Rosie the Riveter (sp?) and Ket was Micheal Jordan

And..... At the last minute I got our costumes and they actually had a theme to them. So I found this kit at Wal-Mart that was a punk rocker kit that was like $5. I went to try and get it the night before but they were all gone. Well my husband being the sweet guy he is went to another Wal-Mart while I was at work and found one for me. Then I went to Walgreens and found a Pirate kit of Milton for $3 and as I was walking out I saw a princess kit for Darla. So does anyone see a theme? We all started with the letter P!!!!

YoHo Yo Ho I Pirate's life for me!!

At first Darla was pretty mad that I made her dress up. The princess would not cooperate.

But I finally got a picture of her.

We then sat outside and passed out candy while I blasted Thriller and Monster Mash on the speakers against some objections, but come on...Halloween is the only time you can really listen to those songs.