Halloween

The day started off with Jake sneaking out to write dad a little love note on his lunch.

Jer had to go to NY for work and missed all the fun.

We missed him big time!

 

Jamie threw a blackout lunch party for us so we could get some mom time in before the big night.  

Her pasta dish was UNBELIEVABLY good.

  Loved getting some sweet down time in with these ladies and Jamie, you host a luncheon like no other!

And FINALLY the moment we've been waiting for all year.....

Dinner with the Fisheys.

That Amber was born to cater parties and this one was no exception.

She thought of everything down to the last detail.

Love Curtis and his rocker look.  

And yes Amber made her ADORABLE costume.
Her talents know no end.

She also made Tate's amazing Captain Underpants costume, Bella's little red riding hood, and Harry's Alvin.  That girl can sew!

Then we headed over to the Val's neighborhood to check out the haunted house and do some candy damage.

Their neighborhood was packed with trick-or-treaters.

Luke was loving it and he kept up with the kids the whole night.

This was right before we went into the haunted house. 

(we had to wait for Jamie to get there and pay for all of us to get in thank you!) 

And it was scary.

But we will be back.

With Jer.

Missed him bad.

Trick-or Treating in 3 different neighborhoods helped.

And so did Heidi's late night visit in her jammies.

I love that girl.

Happy Halloween!!!

Carvin the Night Away

 When Luke's pumpkin would not carve like he wanted it to, Bree took one for the team.  

She is the ultimate big sis.

 ooooohhhh!

 What cannot be overstated is the loveliness of carving pumpkins 

and then going barefooted outside to light them on the front porch.

Life is good.

Hoedown!

 That's where these 3 are headed, can't even wait!

 Amber made her girls and Breezy these costumes!

So cute!!

 Sponge toss...might have been the coolest booth there!

 Jake's takin aim at...

 The one and only, Peter.  

You shoulda heard the trash they were talkin:)

 Edible.

 Mary Poppins...my fave costume of the night!

 This handy man needed no assistance at the fishing pond.

Best part of the night for me....the hoedown!

Even got Jer out there for a split second or two.

This party rocked!

Talk about CrEAtiVe!

 Yeah, not us.

 But these fellow partiers....man!  I loved all the cool costumes!  How can I tap into their creativity???

And these two little cutie pies hijacked my camera.

I think they are keepers.

The food was delish, the company exquisite and the games were, well, catered towards those who brought them.  Todd smoked us all.  

Things I learned this night: No skid secret is safe with Jer, bug +orange=beetle juice, heaps do know dents, and Ashley just might have the most adorably decorated house in the universe.  

That girl not only throws a mean party, she is creative like no other!

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween Goods

 You know we have to make this a week long holiday, so the party went on at storytime with Luke's preschool buds on Thursday.

 Decorating those sugar cookies....thanks Gabe for coming through with that smile!

 Then the highly anticipated pumpkin carving.

 When it comes to gutting, Jake is all about the seeds. They are his favorite all toasted up.  So he carefully cleaned out his pumpkin one seed at a time.

 Breezy was the only one willing to get her hands dirty and scoop out the goop.

 Jer missed out on one of his favorite events of the year (uh-huh) because he was at Woodbadge. 
We were so bummed he had to miss out.

 These babies were devoured.

 Then we were off to the Trunk or Treat. Me and my BFF Brittany and her BFF Leah. 
It was probably the best attended ward activity in the history of mankind.
The activities committe is amazing (you know who you are).
Jer made it back just in time for the party and boy were we happy to see him.
Seems like we were the only ones though cuz he took A LOT of heat for his 'costume'.
Probably not the best thing to wear after the Lakers came to town and cleaned up. 
People were even confronting me in the parking lot because of it, now that was scary.

 

 Jake and his best buds Jordan and Peter.

Jake reported that he got more candy at this trunk or treat than any Halloween ever.

 I think that means we have the best ward ever!

Happy Halloween!