Halloween 2011

This is only the BIGGEST holiday for the Meeker family! It's probably because our #3 kid is absolutely CRAZY about costumes and anything to do with spookiness:) To Max, everyday is Halloween and he wants to be "Jack Skellington" when he grows up. We had all our decorations out by September 15--that's as long as the kids would let me hold off:)

We had our "Spooky Town" up--that we add a new piece to every year (this year it was the train--the R.I.P Railroad:)


Pumpkins are a MUST! The kids always get first pick at their Papa Frank's pumpkin patch in NM--pumpkins are his main crop:) Not many people know that Chris is an AMAZING artist--he won several art contests in high school--and so he and the kids scour the internet searching for their PERFECT pumpkin design. Chris then pulls out a few power tools--electric saw and dremmel--and creates the most amazing works of art!!!

Pumpkin cleaning:



The Pumpkin Master (in a pink apron?!?!):


Carlie's Pumpkin:


Ethan's Pumpkin:


Max's Pumpkin:


Tatum's Pumpkin:



All 4 of dad's masterpieces:


Here's my kiddos all decked out:


Carlie: Dead Prom Queen


Ethan: Howler


Max: Wicked Jester


Tatum: a CUTE black kitty


I had a little bit of a sad realization this year....Carlie wanted to go Trick-or-Treating with her friends INSTEAD of us:( Oh well...bring on the teenage years:( All good. She went Trick-or-Treating with one of her best friends, Maddie J.B. Just look at these BEAUTIFUL girls!!!

The other 3 stuck with good ol' mom and dad:)

Tatum rode her bike from house to house:


Here's the boys with all their loot:


Suddenly Max shouts out: "HEY!!! I got a text from GOD!" And yes...sure enough, some weirdo decided to hand out these Christian/inspirational booklets instead of candy!!! I'm gonna watch out for that next year:) And what did Max's text say?
"cmndmnt 10: dnt ogle ur bff"s m8 or stuff. myob." TRANSLATION: Commandment 10:Don't oggle your best friend's mate or stuff. Mind your own business." I'm guessing this suppose to be "Don't covet your neighbor's spouse." SERIOUSLY?!?! WHO has time to create this stuff?!?! So here are my confused boys:



HAPPIEST Halloween to date:)