Happy Halloween!

I have to admit, Halloween is not my favorite holiday. When I was a kid I loved it, mostly because I liked all the candy. Now it is trying to figure out costumes for the boys, and then dealing with them after they've had too much sugar! That being said we did have a really fun Halloween this year. We carved our pumpkins for Family Home Evening last week. Pason did his pretty much all by himself this year, the designing and the cutting! I helped Carter with his scary ghost, and Jared did the haunted house for Eli's pumpkin. I thought they all turned out great!














Costumes this year were pretty simple, but were oh so cute! The boys dressed up as the Chipmunks - Pason/Simon, Carter/Alvin, Eli/Theodore. Jared was Dave. They were adorable and their personalities fit so well with their costumes!



























Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year, we only did Trunk-or-Treating at the church Saturday night. Then on Sunday/Halloween I made a special dinner of snake, brains and bloody eyeballs, rotten fingers, and witches brew. We turned off all the lights in the house and ate by candlelight. Then we watched a few Halloween cartoons, took turns trying to scare each other in the dark, and then went to bed. We had so much fun with our dinner that I think we are going to make that a Halloween tradition, so if you have any good recipes for finger sandwiches let me know!