Trunk-or-Treating and the Pumpkin Patch

Last night we attended our ward Trunk-or-Treat. I was so glad it was on Halloween this year and that we didn't have to dress the kids up two different times. There were a ton of people there and Kendle got quite the haul of candy. My mother drove up from Oregon and came with us, and we had a fun time. Here are the children before we left:

Morgan looking oh so scary as a little skeleton.

Kendle made a cute fairy and she was most excited about the sparkly makeup she got to wear, even though she didn't like the process of putting it on. I love how Morgan's facial expression in this picture is like, "stay away from me fairy and no one gets hurt".

We left the Trunk-or-Treat around 7:30, and then hit a few houses in our neighborhood on the way home. The people on our block were very nice. One older fellow gave Kendle a handful of candy bars and another house gave her candy and an awesome skeleton pencil, so I think she was pretty pleased with her grand total by the time we headed home.

Also, on Monday I went with Kendle's kindergarten class to the pumpkin patch. It was pretty fun and chaotic and messy, and all of the things field trips usually are. It was interesting to see Kendle's interactions with the other children in her class and watch her pick out a pumpkin.

Yep, that's a keeper!

They also let the children run through the hay bale maze, pet some animals, and climb to the top of the hay pyramid. At the very end, they were given a snack and then gathered their pumpkins up to take home.

This picture cracked me up. Her teacher was giving them instructions on how to stand in line while they were waiting to get back on the bus. This is classic Kendle for ya.

I'm glad I decided to go and share this memory with her. Did we have fun?

As Kendle would say, "that's a positive!"

Happy Halloween!!!

Hope everyone has a frightfully good day and a night that's full of tricks and treats. We will be at our ward's "Trunk or Treat" this evening and I look forward to seeing all of the children in their costumes. Kendle will be a fairy and Morgan will be a little skeleton. Enjoy your Halloween!

Six things you might not know about me

Kristen tagged me this week to write six random facts about myself that other people might not know. So here goes:

1. I love to blow out birthday candles

2. I have three moles in the shape of a perfect equal lateral triangle on my right leg

3. When I was a toddler I survived a near fatal fall off of my grandparents very high deck without a bruise, scratch, or broken bone. My grandmother tells me there must have literally been angels protecting me.

4. I once got paid 300 dollars to play the piano in front of a couple thousand people

5. I've lived out one of my lifelong dreams of going to a famous resort in a tropical location, lying on the beach, and drinking a tropical drink out of a coconut. Life doesn't get much better than that. (Thanks Riley and Thank you Cingular)

6. I have a crush on Jimmy Fallon

So there are some random things I bet you didn't know about me, and speaking of Jimmy Fallon, I added his Halloween carols above. Enjoy!

We could have used a little more cowbell

Mitch and Nan's Halloween party was fun and hilarious to boot, but I'll get to that in a minute. The night was filled with surprises. First of all, being the procrastinator that I am, I didn't try anything on before hand and thought I'd just wing it with my hair and makeup. By hair I mean wig of course, and it was like an Olympic event trying to get all of my hair up under that tiny thing. Don't think I'll be doing that again anytime soon. But finally I got everything put together pretty nicely and Riley rolled the top of his pants up about ten times (he has short legs) and we were good to go. Check out this smashing pair:




















Do we look like a couple of bootleggers or what? Riley makes the perfect "Uncle Carmine". Before heading to the party a few of us couples dined at Applebee's in all of our get-up. It was also Pasco's Homecoming night, so it was packed with people and I'm sure we made quite the entrance. Here's a picture of us gals waiting to be seated:

















Yep, that's us wild and crazy gals. Natalie was Daphne from Scooby Doo, Lisa's costume was really cute but wouldn't fit in the restaurant (it was an oven) and Kristen was "Fire".

After eating our fill of delicious food, we headed over to Mitch and Nan's and saw these guys:
















Mitch and Nancie are so much fun and are the best hosts. I love how they make it easy for everyone to have a good time. It was an interesting night, with a little "To Catch a Predator" mixed in with some SNL humor, and even more surprises. Here are some more pictures from the party, hope no one minds that I'm putting them on here.

















Fred and Daphne













"Bun in the oven"












The Incredibles















The donkey looks kind of tired in this picture.












A little cowbell anyone? and isn't that a cute gingerbread man?

















The Fireman and the fire, I'm so mad I didn't get Kristen's shoes in this picture. They were to die for!

Napoleon and Deb

Popeye and Olive Oyl

Anyone feel like robbing a bank?

Chris Hansen from Dateline came to round up a few "predators"

My throat hurt so bad by the end of the night from laughing so hard. It was so fun to get dressed up and the only thing that could have made it better was just a little more cowbell!