We had a lot of fun celebrating Halloween and fall this year. Festivities began a few weeks early with a halloween parade at the boy's school. It was so fun to have Bo and Pappy come with us.
Then we got to go to my mom's new ward trunk-or-treat.
The following week was our ward trunk-or-treat and I won first place in the chili cook-off! I got a sweet trophy and everything!
The day after our trunk-or-treat we headed for Utah since the kids had an extended weekend for Nevada Day. Our first stop was at Kam's parents. I caught this moment while getting ready for the day. Grampa was telling the kids a story and they were mesmorized!
Later we met up with my mom, brothers and sisters at Cross E Ranch. We played in a corn pit, went down slides, went on a hay ride and train ride, and even got to pick out some free pumpkins!
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| Cleaning the pumpkins |
After playing at the ranch we had lunch, had a quick visit with Kam's brother and then headed to Megan's house to play games and later go to dinner. Then Megan took us to an awesome house out in Tooele that was all decked out for Halloween. It was so cool. There was a giant pirate ship in the front yard with skeleton pirates all around, all lit up with the soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean playing in the background.
It was a quick trip up north and we had to leave the following day so the kids could go to school on Monday, Halloween, and to go trick-or-treating with their friends. When the kids got home from school we painted the pumpkins we got at the pumpkin patch and then later met our friends in the neighborhood for a soup pot-luck and trick-or-treating together. We have a tradition here where we trick-or-treat on a few streets in the neighborhood and then all pile into the back of the truck and make stops at certain houses including members of our ward and also the big mansion house here in the neighborhood that gives out King Size candy bars. This year was crazy as we had 4 trucks full of kids with us and at the mansion house the kids got to go inside for a mini haunted house experience to get their candy. It was really cool and so much fun being with all our friends. The kids brought home so much candy! I am sure we will be eating it clear through next summer!
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| Braden's Pumpkins |
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| Carter's Pumpkins |
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| Mine and Kam's pumpkins. Kam was stuck at work late so I painted his. |
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| Riley's pumpkins |
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| Braden the Woodsman |
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| Carter the Big-Bad-Wolf |
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| Little Red "Riley" Hood |
Happy Halloween!
