Halloween 2014

Our Halloween festivities are broken up over 3 events every year:  1-Trunk or Treat.  2-Pumpkin Carving with the Park family. 3-Halloween night.

We LOVE this time of year and had so much each of our traditional events.  First up this year was Trunk or Treat with our ward family.  Max & Ethan have been OBSESSED this year with 80s horror movies.  Max just HAD to be Feddie Kruger (Nightmare on Elm St.) and Ethan wanted to be Jason (Halloween).  Chris fueled their obsession even further by recording all the TV-edited versions of these shows this year for them to watch.  So here they are in all their 80s horror glory:

Friday, Oct. 24th--Trunk or Treat

Max-Freddy Kruger
Ethan-Jason
Tatum-Vampire
Chloe (neighborhood friend)-Monster High Girl

Carlie created Max's make-up for the night:)

Saturday, Oct. 25th:  Stake Dance:

This is the only event Carlie would dress up for this year.  She loves going to the stake dances now that she is 14.  So here she is in all her girl's camp gear:

Wednesday, Oct. 29th:  Pumpkin Carving with the Park Family

This has become one of our most favorite holiday tradition.  It all started because my good friend, Danika, hated carving pumpkins--the cost, the mess, etc…  This was our 3rd year doing it and we hope to do it for another 100 years:)  So much fun and Chris & Kevin get better and better every year in their pumpkin-carving skills!

The best part!!!

Max & Tyler

Chris showing his MAD SKILLS!!!

Completed pumpkins!

Crazy kids:)

Ethan's Pumpkin--Jason

Max's Pumpkin--Freddy Kruger

Tatum's Pumpkin--Carrie (from The Amazing World of Gumball)

Friday, Oct. 31st:  HALLOWEEN!!!

Well, we are officially old and our kids don't need us anymore to go Trick-or-Treating.  Tatum went with her neighborhood friends (and one of their dads), Ethan & Max went off on their own, and Chris, Carlie, and I stayed home to hand out candy.  We everyone got back home, we watched "Poltergeist" together as a family:)  (TV-edited version of course:)  So that was the perfect way to end our Halloween night!

Chris has found a new passion--make-up art.
He's always been very artistic and Max's face became
his new "canvas."  

Max's burned/charrred face.  

I LOVE my "Spooky Town" that I set up every year!
(And so do my students:)

I may need another table next year!

Ready to take on the neighborhood!

Elaine & Tatum

This is absolutely my most favorite time of year!  I LOVE decorating for Halloween and was a little sad taking it all down:(  But it was a great year and now we're ready to tackle Thanksgiving & Christmas!!!  BRING IT!