We were astonished by our new church congregation’s Halloween carnival. They turned the traditional trunk or treat activity into a full carnival and fundraiser for the youth. There was dinner, carnival game booths, cotton candy, sno cones, a haunted trailer, a silent auction and a petting zoo. We had over…
We kicked off our Halloween festivities with a preschool costume party. One of Crew’s friends refused to put on his costume that his talented mom spent hours sewing. He wouldn’t wear anything but his Christmas pajamas. I think that made this capture even better. We hosted the party at our…
We’re almost halfway into November already but I’m going back in time for a moment to wrap up Halloween.Since Halloween was on a Saturday this year, we began the day where we begin most holiday weekends. Crew insisted on bringing his trick-or-treat bucket, hoping it might be filled. Crew was…
We survived another year of back to back Halloween events. I’m always exhausted by the end of it all; candy and costume parts strewn across the house and cranky kids from missed naps and sugar highs. But every year I have to remind myself that all of the fuss is…
I’m still wiping the sweat from my brow from all the Halloween hoopla this week. Each year I start to dislike this holiday a tad bit more. I mean, seriously, it is a lot of work. And I am a lot of tired. But every year I fall a little…
I have determined that Halloween is exhausting. But seeing the sparkle in our boys’ eyes as they parade around in their carefully picked out costumes is somehow worth all the chaos and sugar overload. As per tradition, the festivities launched with trunk-or-treat at church over the weekend. Our Primary organization…
This was the year of never ending Halloween festivities. Which led to a serious candy overload. The festivities kicked off with Blake’s preschool party. Those little cuties paraded around in their costumes and then did a performance of sorts with Halloween songs. Blake was clearly zoned out, hence his body…
I have a disease. Remember how I went on and on about how I was keeping Halloween super simple this year? Well, I just don’t think it is in my blood to pass up opportunities for creativity. At the last minute I had this idea and since I had all…
For our Trunk-or-Treat and Halloween Party, Troy and I joined in on the golf theme. In Michigan, everyone decorated the trunks of their cars for trunk-or-treating events. My brother and dad went all out every year with music, lights, foam machines, themes, and even Halloween video presentations. When my brother…
Blake is dressing up as a cow for Halloween. Moo… We dressed him up and took him to Gardner Village, a charming little historical shopping center. They deck out the entire place with lots of Halloween décor. The cow played with the straw. And then he ate the straw. Mama…
