Halloween Fun!

We started Halloween with Taylor's school party. I was lucky enough to be able go and help out. You learn a lot when you visit your child's school, for example, Taylor has a little boyfriend. These two were pretty much inseparable THE entire time at school and at our house later.

Too funny!

At the LAST minute we decided to invite people over for a Halloween get together. We ate dinner, took the kids trick or treating, and watched a movie outside on a HUGE screen while we ate popcorn and drank hot chocolate. A great group of families came. It was such a fun night! Thanks everyone for all your help and celebrating with us.

Tyler and Taylor created our witch's potions (aka homemade root beer, bubblegum drink, key lime drink, and watermelon).

Having dinner or in all honesty parents attempting/bribing/begging the kids to eat before they loaded up on sugar.

Grandma J showed up as a witch and Andy and Ashlyn were not too sure at first. They quickly realized who it was, though. =)

I had all the kids line up before we unleashed them on our neighborhood. They were SO excited! Everyday I have moments where I realize Taylor is so grown up. This was one of those moments. She was always a house or two ahead of me running around with her friends, knocking on doors, yelling trick or treat, all the while I'm thinking: hello? Don't you need me anymore? Guess not =(

I hung back with Andy and Ashlyn which was too fun. They didn't say much but were very excited to go to each door...Ash especially. She did not want to stop even when her bucket was so heavy she had to drag it from house to house.

Tyler's Mickey Mouse pumpkin. Every year we wait until the last minute to carve our pumpkins so this is all that got done out of the 5 pumpkins we bought...oh well.

This is how Andy spent the remainder of the night, holding onto the leash of our friend's dog. He let that dog take him all over the back yard and into the house. Andy loved it! It was TOO funny!

Such a fun night everyone! Thanks for coming!