Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Halloween Tradition

Every year my mom has a Halloween party.   The kids get all dressed up, we eat dinner and carve pumpkins.  The kids LOVE it!  This year we also got to celebrate a birthday(Happy Birthday Josie) and have FHE (great job Codi).  It was a fun filled night.  NOTE: my sister and her family (Richard, Kari, Cody, Kyle, Zach & Brandon) live in Ohio.  We miss them at all of our parties!!!  We hope they come back to live closer to us some day.

Tori - 50's girl, Jake - Dad, Adri - Dirtbike Rider, Karen - Mom (my costume every year), Justus - Scary Scarecrow.  He made his own costume and thought it was the most fun ever.  He had to use a needle and thread AND a glue gun.  He is so very crafty!

Codi - Sis-in-law, Cinch - Lion (he's saying 'roar' of course), Gracie - Gymnastic Gold Medal Winner, Stran - Hunter, Brian - Brother.

Amber - Sis-in-law, Kacie - Countess Dracula (yes, I made that up), Kade - Pirate, Kevin - Brother, Cole - cutest Dragon ever.

Wendy - Sis-in-law, Mallory - Hippie, Josie - Black Cat, Brooke - Rock Star, Dalton - Pikachu, Shane - Brother, Tate - Bob the Builder (can you fix it?  I'm pretty sure he can).

My Mom, the proud grandma, with all of the scary Halloween kids.

Justus carving away!  He carved a scarecrow face.

Here's Adri carving.  She got a little scary with that knife!  She carved many things.  The shape of her hand and a dog were a couple of them.

Tori carved stars for eyes, a moon nose and a cloud mouth.

Lilly approved of all of the pumpkins, especially Adri's.

6 comments:

Tracy said...

I love how all of the kids care more about Lilly sniffing Adri-Sue's pumpkin than looking at you!! And how clever that all of your brothers dressed up as BROTHERS!!! I went as "Mrs. Lamb" to the ward trunk or treat.

You have the BEST MOM!!! How fun for all of the grandkids!

Kari Lyn said...

So fun! All of our brothers look like dad.....even Jake! Sorry we missed it.

Derek, Kellie, Cooper and Jack said...

Looks like a lot of fun! I LOVED your costume Karen... That is what I am every year too!

Cristina said...

How Fun!! I love your kids costumes. Hope you all have a Happy Halloween.

cold cocoa said...

Lily is huge! Or at least bigger...
Looks like a good time. Next year you will have to have Justus create a real costume for you.

Miranda said...

The pumpkins look great! Ours totally went bad before we could even get to carving them. I was pretty upset. Who's ever heard of a pumpkin going bad after 1 week. Crazy huh!