Halloween Week 2015!

We had such a fun Halloween this year! It totally trumped last year when Austin had croup and ended up in the hospital...

Our community held a fright night for the kids and it was so much fun! There was food, games, and of course, lots of candy! Austin had a great time in the pumpkin patch picking out the perfect pumpkins for himself and Evie. Then, after he raided the candy table, he won some prizes at the game tables (with the help of Auntie Briana who cheated for him) and then we went over to the food area and munched on popcorn balls and all sorts of yummy treats. Josh was sick so he stayed home while Briana and her boyfriend (Trevor) filled in. I was so glad I had their help because it was quite the task trying to keep an eye on Austin and help him out with the games and pumpkin decorating while trying to keep an eye on the baby who had fallen asleep on the walk down to the park. She woke up towards the end and was very shocked to see all the people and activities going on around her!

It was baby girl's bed time and she fell asleep in the stroller.

Getting ready to hit up the candy table!

Picking out the perfect pumpkin.

Austin didn't know what to think about the Monster's Inc. guy, but he walked right up to Scooby Doo and gave him a big hug!

"Nana" picked him up and showed him that this wasn't a "Scawwy Monster."

Decorating our pumpkins!

Putting the spider legs on :).

Briana is so sweet with the kids! She is a great Aunt!

Look at those adorable little wings!

CANDY!!!

Watching the mad scientist do some cool experiments! Austin loved it!

Trevor on sleeping baby duty ;).

The fairy is flying!

Our next party was our Ward Trunk or Treat! We had a chili and cornbread potluck dinner and then went around to all the scarily decorated cars and loaded up on MORE CANDY! Austin wore his costume just long enough to take a picture and then decided he was over it. So nobody knew what he was supposed to be but they gave him candy anyway. I guess when  you are two you can get away with that kind of stuff ;).

The baby had a good time in Daddy's arms while Mom tried to keep track of Austin. He wanted complete independence from me and wouldn't let me walk around with him so I had to follow at a distance and watch. I was so sad about this! But all became right in the world when he started following a blonde woman who he thought was me and suddenly got super scared and started bawling his eyes out and yelling for Mommy when he realized his mistake :). I couldn't help it, I loved that he still wanted me around and from there on he allowed me to trunk or treat along with him :).

I love my handsome hubby, scary ghost, and baby fairy soooooo much!

They were so cute!

This is the point where he started freaking out and trying to rip his costume off....

Actual Halloween day was a blur of activities and we didn't get the greatest pictures, but we had A BLAST! We started the morning off at the temple because my Mom finally got her temple recommend back after years of struggling with life and we wanted to support her in her first day back to the temple since our wedding day! Josh went, but he didn't want to do a session so he did initiatories by himself and then met us back at the house later. I'm still not 100% sure why he did that but I think it has something to do with his Dad dying and wanting some time alone. My mom had quite a few friends there to support her. It was so special! After the session, a couple of us stayed for lunch at the temple cafeteria and had a good time talking and laughing. It was a great morning!

At the Las Vegas temple before we went our separate ways.

The whole gang, it made my Mom's day to have so much support!

Once we got back home, I baked pumpkin snicker doodle cookies, a ham, and made my famous homemade pumpkin bisque per tradition! The food was sooo good! Briana and Trevor had babysat for us while we were at the temple and Sadie came over later with her new boyfriend. Who knows how long this one will last so I didn't bother with him being in the pictures.... Nate showed up towards the end of dinner and after he got a chance to eat, we got the kids ready and went trick or treating! We have the greatest neighborhood. All the houses were decorated and Austin had a blast! Grandpa carried fairy Eve around while we all followed Austin from house to house loading up on all sorts of goodies! We made it around the whole block and he still begged to keep going! The only thing that kept him from throwing a tantrum was telling him we need to get home so we can look at all his candy hahaha. Once inside, we munched on candy and watched Beetlejuice as is tradition. It was a great night to follow a great day! I love having kids because it lets you relive your childhood all over again :). Oh, I forgot to mention that Austin once again refused to wear his ghost costume so we compromised and dressed him as a 49'ers football player. I was embarrassed by his pathetic costume but he actually scored a lot more candy because of all the 49'er fans who thought his costume was the best! ;)

Our trick or treating group minus Grandpa.

Hanging out by his pumpkin he decorated and munching on a pumpkin snicker doodle. This was his costume. I added some black under his eyes to make it a little more legit.