HALLOWEEN 2010....

I am so far behind with blogging...YIKES!! Anyhow, we had a fabulous Halloween weekend!! It started on Friday night with the school carnival(had fun watching the boys playing all the games), then later that night, I loaded Eli & buddies in the van, and headed to the Chambers of Fear Haunted House! We all had a blast...and it was really pretty spooky!Then on Sat., we had a morning full of carving pumpkins...I bought the books w/ the templates to trace...I think it's easier for the kiddos to draw a free hand pic., and cut it out, but nonetheless, we still had a lot of fun. I attemted to bake the pumpkin seeds, but they were in the oven too long, so they were not too edible. That evening, we went to Grandma & Grandpa's house for a spaghetti dinner (yummy), then we went to a party at a friends house. Had a great time at the party...lot's of great costumes!! On Sunday...Halloween, we went to church, had nachos & goodies/football in the afternoon, then had a pizza dinner w/ G-ma & G-pa before transforming into our costumes. Eli went as a Crazy Doctor, Gregory was Bumblebee the Transformer, Nathan was Dracula, & Jacob was our little Skeleton...Dave was Daddy Dracula, and I was a witch (a good witch:) Everybody looked awesome!! This was Eli's first year to go Trick or treating w/ his buddies, he had a great time!! The young kiddos trick or treated till they couldn't walk any more, and their pumpkins were almost overflowing!

Since then, the boys had school conferences, and are all doing a great job...way to go boys! Last week, Dave & my parents watched the kiddos, so I could go to Vegas w/ my sister, and have a girls weekend...we had so much fun!! Did a ton of shopping, wining & dining, a little playing of the machines...it was great to get to spend time together!! AND, this brings us to this week, the weather is beautiful, so we've been spending a lot of time at the park. Gregory & Nathan are starting practices at church for the Christmas Pageant...can't wait to see them in it...fun times!!