Halloween Festivities

We had a lot of fun this Halloween...especially the days leading up to the BIG day! It has seriously been a countdown around here to when Halloween is *actually* going to be here. The kids have been so excited and were not at all patient to when they were going to be able to go trick-or-treating. Before the big day, we had a lot of fun doing some other fun Halloween-ey things.

Carving Pumpkins!

This year we decided to grow our own pumpkins! The kids had a blast watching them grow, and we were amazed that we grew six pumpkins from our one tiny plant. They didn't go completely orange because we were a bit late planting them...but we didn't care. We were happy with what we had :).

Isaac had an absolute blast watching us clean and carve the pumpkins. He wouldn't let his little green pumpkin out of his sight!

Noah was a wonderful helper and cleaned out 4 of the 6 pumpkins! I didn't mind one bit!Our creations. The "UTAH" pumpkin has been a hit in our neighborhood the past two years...I think that we'll make a tradition of carving this pumpkin every year! Go Utes!!

Halloween Party!

The Timothy Family hosted an awesome Halloween Party the day before the big day! Pretty much everyone dressed up, which made the party even more fun!

Our family all dressed up.Doug and I dressed up not knowing that our "dates" wouldn't even be a part of our family. Here's Doug, the Football Player, and our nephew, Alex, the Cheerleader! Love it!

Here's me and John dressed up as Hippies. Peace, man!The night was filled of great food, a pinata......and more yummy treats!

We had a great time! Here's all the little ones in their costumes...

Halloween Parade!

This year we got to experience our very first Halloween Parade at school, which was great fun! It was fun seeing all the darling costumes...some were seriously SO creative! Noah loved that there were three boys in his class that were Spiderman! My mom came down to watch the parade with us...and to watch Leah and Isaac while I went to help in Noah's class for their Halloween Party!

Noah's class all dressed up...Noah and I doing a craft at the party. We had a fabulous time and I was so glad that I was able to be there and help!

We had a wonderful time doing some fun stuff that lead up to the BIG night!