Do we look scary or what?

Josh - you play the pirate roll so well! Ha ha. He looks very serious and mean. Me however, I can't decide whether I look like a pirate or Daniel son from Karate Kid!

Annual Family Halloween Party

Every year my uncle Tracy throws a Halloween party. His family goes all out every year. No one ever comes close to comparing to the preparation and thought that they put into their costumes each year. It is all a secret until that night. We had a great time with Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head ( mom and Ty ), Scooby Doo and Friend's ( My sister Alisa and her family ), The Joker ( My nephew Braiden), Minnie Mouse ( my step sister Kimber), Gorilla ( My step brother Rob), The Incredibles ( My step sister Heidi and her husband Riley and theur kids), Tarzan and monekey and bunny ( My sister Erin & her kids Sam and Izzy), Peter Pan and Family ( My uncle Tracy and his family) and of course out pirate clan. We had a great time and this is a tradition we look forward to every year.

Ahoy thar Matey!

Check out these scary pirates! This is the first year everyone actually agreed on a "theme" for Halloween. Avery looked like a very sassy pirate! Jackson called himself "Captain Jack Sparrow" and Miss Priss Sage, referred to herself as the "pirate princess". They looked great and had a great time trick or treating. Avery went with us in our neighborhood and then went with one of her friends and her 16 year old sister. She got home at 10:00pm with a ton of candy. It was a very memorable Halloween and it was so fun to see the kids so into trick-or-treating this year. In going through their candy, I was a little disappointed in some of the candy choices people handed out. I am sorry but Valentines Day taffy? Come on! It was hard as a rock, how rude! Mary Jane's? Also hard as a rock and where do you find nostalgic candy these days in bulk? There is a reason those are not in high demand anymore. I know the economy is bad, but sheesh! Remind me to save my marshmallow peeps from Easter this year to hand out to kids for Halloween next year!

Carving Pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins on Halloween eve. Avery and Jackson liked the feeling of the pumpkin guts on their hands. We were only able to carve 2 pumpkins since we lost 3 since going to the pumpkin patch. One rotted in our garage, one was rotten when we cut the top off, and the other lost it's stem. Money well spent.