Happy (Belated) Halloween!!

We decided to stretch the Halloween festivities out over a couple of weeks, so this is one giant post of all the fun!!

First, these are two of my most favorite picture of the kids:

Grace the Curious Kitty:

To Infinity and BEYOND!!
Pumpkin "Carving"
Grandma Guymon sent us a super fun Halloween package with lots of fun Halloween activities and treats, including these fun pumpkin face pieces. The kids had a blast with them! Aren't they so cute? Sure are a lot less messy,too!








Lubbock 3rd Ward Trunk-or-Treat!
Our ward has an annual trunk-or-treat each year on the Friday before Halloween. It was so much fun! We were reminded again how blessed we have been to be here and to meet so many wonderful people that have truly touched our lives.
The trunk-or-treat is held at a ranch, so there were animals for the kids to see/pet, hayrides, food, and of course, trunk-or-treating!
Here are Joshua and Grace with some of their friends:
Pirate Owen, Buzz Lightyear Joshua, Sleeping Beauty Claire,
Cinderella Sabrina, and Kitty Grace.


Since Joshua was going to be Buzz Lightyear, he wanted someone to be Woody. (He had a good point, the two kind of go together like PB & J!)
So Bryan was the handsome Sheriff Woody.

My cute fuzzy kitty!

(Yes, she has a black eye, and NO, her brother does not beat her and she has not taken up boxing!! She fell and hit it on the footboard of our bed, poor thing! With her, I'm sure it won't be the last. For example, her new favorite adventure is to walk around with her eyes closed and see what she runs into! Doesn't usually turn out very well...)

Handsome, and very excited, Buzz!

Halloween Party at our place!

Since the kids had already gone trunk-or-treating we decided to skip the trick-or-treating on Halloween night and we had a rockin' party instead! It was so fun to hang out with the Odells, the Strattons and the Nelsons. Lots of good food, games, and company!

First I had to show off a couple of Halloween decorations I made this year. My friend Kaci helped me make this wall hanging. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, considering my sewing abilities, but please, if you quilt professionally, don't look to close!!

This is what I made for the table decoration for our party. I found the idea in a Family Fun magazine. It was so quick and easy, which was good, since I didn't do it until that afternoon! The kids each got to take home one of the salt dough ghosts as a party favor.

On to the important part of the party...

The Eighties Odells in all their eighties glory.

(Sad part is they were able to find most of their costume pieces at the local Walmart!!)

Thanks for dressing up guys, you looked TOTALLY AWESOME!

And here are some of the kids all dressed up!

We also had a super cool Spider man, the cutest witch EVER, and one adorable bumble bee, but of course I forgot to take pictures. :)

So that was our Halloween - SUPER FUN!!

Is it Thanksgiving yet?!? I'm ready for the next party!