Halloween

I felt like I missed a lot the weekend I was gone, but at least I hadn't missed actual Halloween!  So we got to carve pumpkins

and I made them pull out all the pumpkin seeds for me so I could roast them!  (And the chickens enjoyed eating all the pumpkin guts!)

And here we have the finished products: a huge-mouthed face, a dinosaur, and an octopus!  They turned out so cute!

And here's everyone in their costumes!

Camille (still a deviled egg) with Sydney and Beth (and Lexie)

A secret service agent(/Men In Black) and Napoleon Dynamite

And a Chick-fil-A cow!

Colton's costume is even more fun when you see him with his fast food-themed friends!

I made a big pot of chili and once the kids had dispersed, Craig moved our fire pit to the driveway and we sat out with Adam and the Gaskins giving away candy and having a lovely time of it!  It was a perfect night-- chilly enough that the fire felt nice, but not freezing.  Kendra and Emmett were in the kitchen making cookies for the band bake sale, and once the trick-or-treaters stopped coming around we watched Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog with them (apparently Emmett was shocked that we found it funny-- oops?) and then finally picked up Ryder and Colton, who had trick-or-treated with their friends in other neighborhoods.  

Does it get any better than Halloween on a Friday?