Halloween Festivities Part one

Our Halloween celebrations started last friday at our ward Trunk or Treat party. Ben and Molly were in charge and it turned out great considering they had to change pretty much the whole thing last minute due to rain. We had chili and cider and of course candy! The kids were so excited to get in their costumes for the party.


Carter loved his monkey costume and left the head part on the whole night! The little monkey paw mittens on the other hand lasted about 2 minutes.

Rylynn was originally going to be Sleeping Beauty for Halloween this year, but when we were shopping for stuff to make my costume at JoAnns on the day of the party, she saw this ballerina costume and loved it! It was 60 percent off so I gave in and bought it.

Garrett and I went as Bella and Edward from Twilight. Garrett's costume was way cooler than mine. He even put icepacks in his coat pockets so that his hands would be ice cold when he shook people's hands. Garrett and I usually don't spend too much time on our costumes so it was a fun change! It paid off too because we ended up winning the best adult costume prize at the party!

They had a little parade for all the kids to show off their costumes. Rylynn loved walking around with her friend Emma the Ladybug and holding hands. They were so cute!

Daddy took the Carter monkey around.

And sweet baby Reagan looked adorable and slept through all the craziness. Aw to have a newborn again:)
The kids were very excited about all their candy and had a great time.

The next event was on the night before Halloween. We had the Poyfairs and Ben and Molly come over for a pumpkin carving party. The kids painted their pumpkins since we don't really want to let them loose with knives just yet.


They got plenty messy with the paint and had a great time.


Garrett carved a slightly inappropriate Obama pumpkin which we did not display on the front porch for fear of being egged. It was funny though.

Ben carved a cool bat pumpkin and Adam carved a skull pumpkin. We ended up with some pretty fancy carvings this year.
Carissa brought all the fixins for carmel apples that were amazing! They were as good as the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory apples. We rolled them in nuts, crushed oreos, chocolate, and sprinkles. We also had yummy apple cider and roasted pumpkin seeds.

This is Rylynn's crazed sugar face! We've been seeing a lot of that lately:) It was a great way to get ready for Halloween night!