Halloween

Our Halloween was great this year. 

We managed to take a trip to the pumpkin patch a week or so before and the weather was beautiful. We had such a mild fall this year... too bad it's turning into a harsh winter. 

Braxton insisted on picking a white pumpkin which cost like three times the amount of the normal orange pumpkins, but it did end up lasting longer so I suppose it was all worth it. 

I tried really hard to persuade them to forgo the whole carving this year and even bribed them into painting pumpkins, but had no luck. 

They insisted on carving. 

I gladly put Tyler to work. :)

Happy with their results! 

Two days before Halloween they got a special package from Uncle Spencer and Uncle David.

 They were thrilled to find a bunch of candy and a new Halloween movie! 

This year the boys all wanted to be the same thing except for Braxton who insisted on being The Flash. 

The costumes in the store were like $30! 

I opted, instead, to make his costume from an adult size XL shirt.

 It turned out pretty good and only $4.99! 

Since I work with the Young Women now, I got to be involved in helping out with the Trunk Or Treat, which was a big success! 

Face painting. 

Doughnuts on a string. 

Lots of fun games. 

It wouldn't be Halloween without our annual trick or treating with the Garrett girls. 

They were some cute little hippies! 

We did the business daytime trick or treating, then went out to a neighborhood near the Garrett's house where they handed out a lot of king size candy bars! (Score!) This year Zayden tried his darnedest to keep up with the big kids and ran from house to house. He was such a trooper and eventually crashed like this at 9:00.  

I'd say we had a successful Halloween and we were glad it was safe and fun!