Lean and Hungry Look: Halloween

 Things have been crazy. With our recent trip, school, my poor time management skills, and this years placement of Halloween (Wednesday night? who's idea is that?) I feel like it crept up on us. Liam is the only one who carved his pumpkin. Lydia painted hers and Zoe is still waiting for me to cut hers out. Party poopers! At least I had costumes for the kids to wear.

 Liam and I had so much fun making this robot. Both the light on his tummy and the light between the eyes lit up. The one by his eyes did a strobe effect.

 Rocket pack. But this year (just like last year) we ended up carrying most of the costume instead of wearing it. Boo!

 Felix wore a costume! Yeah! Also, he was quite excited about Trick or Treating. It clicked for him and he got it this year. He lasted quite awhile as well.

 Apparently Felix hates licorice. We found these taken out of the candy bowl, discarded on the table. Once after trick or treating a house he had the most dejected look on his face. When I asked about it Lydia said, "they gave us licorice".

 Goth girls. So much ATTITUDE. Don't worry they were giggling before I finished taking pictures and you could hear them chatting and giggling all over the neighborhood all night. They do remind me of another young goth girl I once knew.

 Well, I slaved long and hard over a perfect Merida dress for her. Turns out she wanted to be Hermione. Oh well. At least she wore the Merida dress once.

I dressed up as a Beatnik to go to the kids school. The kids guessed French Artist, which works too. Later when I put on my trench I looked more like a spy. Whatever.
Trick or Treating in our neighborhood is super fun. We had a great time and didn't worry about fast cars or scary people. I declare a success.

Ghost of Halloween Past

Halloween is significant to Travis and me.The first time we hung out together was at a Halloween Party at college. We have had many fun and happy Halloweens. We love to dress up. I thought I would take a little trip down Halloween Lane and show some pictures. Maybe not fun for anyone else, but we will enjoy it.

 Our first Halloween as a married couple. 1998

In the year 1999: We went out with our friends the Searcy's. Oh yes, we DID party because it was 1999. Look at this glorious picture. Travis's face and his pants are not to be believed! This picture is actually what started the idea for this post. A friend recently posted these pictures (and more!) on his blog and made me laugh at the memories.

 Same year, the whole gang. I guess and Amie and I liked to date gross truckers.

 2000: Brilliant costumes, Miss Universe (Travis) and the Runner-Up (Me). I had mascara dripping down my face.

 2002: Bob Barker (though he got mistaken for Johnny Carson) and contestant. "Bob, I drove 1297 miles for a KISS!"

2003: Liam was about 6 weeks old. He and I were cowfolk together. Travis an 80's golfer and Zoe a little Swedish maid (a real Swedish dress I wore for Halloween when I was her age).

Well, that was fun! We always like an excuse to dress up!

Halloween Festivities

Liam, the angry (but well dressed) Viking

 The kids got to dress up twice this year (well, I guess 3 if you count school parties). Once when we were in Utah and then again on Halloween.

Lydia the Glitz Pageant Grand Supreme from Toddlers and Tiaras

While I got fake eyelashes and really wanted her to wear them, I thought if I DID make her wear them when she was crying, I would be like a Mom from that show. I wasn't going for that.

Zoe was a dork (not to be confused with a nerd) before she put on her glasses, with Izzy, the hippy, before she put on her glasses

Before the Trunk or Treat

Felix is not pictured because while we WERE able to get his cowboy boots on (yeah, Travis!) he did not want to get his picture taken.

Mary Poppins, creepy mechanic, Twi-hard (you can't see the Jacob blanket draped over his shoulders), and a hot witch

Felix in his hat (I think he had it on a total of 3 minutes) Trick or treating around the neighborhood. We had a lot of fun!

Steve and Shawna came out to see the kids in costumes and in action Trick or Treating. Love Steve's costume.

Zoe went T-or-Ting with her friends around the neighborhood and pulled in an obscene amount of candy. They all had a lot of fun. All the neighborhood friends were out at the same time, so the kids all got to T-or-Ting with their friends.

Our other family, The Searcy's

 We went on a trip to Utah this weekend to visit our amazing friends, The Searcy's. It just so happened that our trip coincided with Mike's birthday. Amie threw a big party that was super fun.

 Big plus that we got to see other Searcy's, too. John and Julie and their girls, and Jenny, also the Baum's! It was so fun to visit with everyone! The kids had a blast together, too. My idea of a perfect party.

 Our trip was filled with tons of fun, including: bobbing for apples,

 good times and the park,

 Mike's dramatic interpretation of Froggy's Halloween,

and decorate your own cupcake, and of course, Costumes and a Trunk or Treat (next post!)
Thanks for having us, Searcy's. I won't go into great detail about what great hosts they are or everyone would want to stay at their house (whether you know them or not).