Happy Halloween!

We had a great time kicking off Halloween this year. We started out our weeks of festivities by hosting a Halloween playgroup party at our house. The kids had a great time decorating paper pumpkins, taking a walk down the street in their costumes and eating treats, of course!

I let Ethan pick out a pumpkin at the store to carve and it turned out to be a great one! He was a little hesitant to get his hands dirty at first, but after a few minutes, he jumped right in. I was finding pumpkin seeds around the kitchen for a good day or two afterward!

This was the face Ethan designed himself. Spooky!

Some friends of ours, the Cooks, hosted a couples Halloween party which was a blast. We had yummy food, fun games and good times. As you can see, Blake and I decided to sport some fun afro wigs this year.
Since Halloween was on a Sunday this year, we tried to get in as much trick-or-treating as we could. We went with our friends, the Teeples, to a local mall and let the kids trick-or-treat from store to store. Unfortunately the kids wouldn't really cooperate for a good picture of their costumes (Iron Man, Mickey and Minnie Mouse).

They were also able to get some candy at our ward trunk-or-treat which was a really fun night. Nicole, TJ, and Pepe joined us at the church for the festivities. They were the most popular place for the kids to trick-or-treat to because they were handing out full sized candy bars. Yum!