Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Halloween fun! & Voting!

I love October! It's such a fun busy month! I just feel like I haven't had the time to sit and post things. So first off I love Halloween decorations, especially the cutsie ones. I'm not really into the freaky ones! Here is one of my cutsie decorations:
I just wish Matt was on the same page as me on the cutsie decorations. He is more into the freaky looking ones. Here is one of Matt's creepy decorations and of course he had to hang it by the front door:
I wanted to go to a pumpkin patch this year. We just didn't have the time to go as a family. We have been helping my Mom get her yard in, and other things in the way. So I ended up getting our pumpkins at Walmart. We had a lot of fun gutting them and carving them together as a family. The girls had a hard time sticking there hands inside the pumpkin to grab the pumpkin guts. McKenzie wanted to keep washing her hands. She thought it was pretty gross! So here are some fun pictures of pumpkins and carving:

McKenzie was being really silly in her pictures. Madisynn was silly too. Love these girls!
I love my husband he is so creative! The 2 little pumpkins were to little to carve, so he said let's just put Mrs. potato head parts inside the pumpkins. The girls helped him pick.
Here are the finished products. Matt carved the 2 outside ones, and I carved the 2 middle ones. I have only carved 3 pumpkins now in my life and I thought I did a pretty darn good job. I love the potato head ones though, so stinking cute!!!
So I got a little camera happy and decided to take some of me and the girls. Matt was off doing his own thing, otherwise he would have been included. So here they are:
Oh yeah I couldn't forget to get a shot later that night with all of the pumpkins lighted up:
Now costume time. McKenzie was a purple cat, and Madisynn was a purple Monster. Matt was a Air force tech school student with his dead roommates skull. I was a party poop er and didn't dress up this year. I just didn't feel like it. Hopefully next year I will. So here are the pictures of the costumes:Our ward and another ward combined together to have a trunk or treat. It was so nice, and the girls got tons of candy! People loved there costumes and complimented us left and right. I'm so glad they had so much fun. We ran out of candy pretty quick, and ended up helping the bishop hand out there candy. I didn't want to run home to get the other candy that we had for trick or treaters that came to our house. I should have though. We ended up only having like 10 trick or treaters. They got tons of our candy though. Lucky kids!!! I'm glad it's over and I can now concentrate on Christmas.
Also today I voted see:
I'm so glad I did, and I'm so glad it's over as well. I hope you all got out and voted too.

8 comments:

The Bender Family said...

It looks like you guys had so much fun! The girls look adorable!! I-DAY is coming so fast!! 10 days left. I can't wait and I can't believe it! If you and Cathy want to come visit me in the hospital, you're more than welcome to! I'll let you know when it happens!!

Crystal said...

way cute! I love carving pumpkins, but they turn to mush in such a sort amount of time here. I wanted to vote so bad but our voter registration forms never got put in the system soon enough, oh well maybe in 4 years.

The Reimers Family said...

I loved your family's costumes, so fun!I remember going trick or treating with Matt one year, he had big giant ears on for his costume. :)

Shaina said...

I love the Mr. Potato head pumpkins. The girls look great in their costumes and you look beautiful!!

Holmes Home said...

Love the pictures. The girls were so cute!

Jen Sue Wild said...

Great pix way too fun!!

Valerie said...

Can you send me your email address? I made my blog private and want to invite you.

raybonsgirl@yahoo.com

Ashes said...

I love your halloween post, the pumpkins are cute, as well as your girls costumes! They are growing up so much.