Happy Halloween!

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We had a great Halloween!

From sun up to sun down it was never ending Halloween fun around here.

[except for the time when children would not listen to their parents and clean up their mess:).. but's that's typical, right?] After completing their chores ... the kids found some small halloween treats and books, which had to be read right away, to help celebrate the day.

Here are the kids all dressed-up in their new Halloween shirts from the neighbors. How nice are they?? So nice! The kids love dressing up in their festive shirts no matter what the holiday may be.

After lunch (PB&J jack-o-laterns) and cleaning up, it was time to carve the pumpkins! Both Dallin and Abby were a little hesitant about the "guts," but Abigail soon dug in. Dallin just preferred to stab his pumpkin. It was a good thing Dad and Dallin were a team this year :).

The kids were a little dissappointed that they couldn't really see the light in their pumpkins (it was the middle of the day). So we stuck them in the coat closet. Everyone was happy to see what the pumpkins really looked like... the finished product.

Dad taking care of the messy job... seperating "guts" from seeds...

you have to have pumpkins seeds on Halloween.

Some of our Halloween Decor ...

I was a little dissappointed... we always get a traditional picture of our "Dinner in a Pumpkin," but this year I failed. We did have some friends over this year... but still ... Ellice, come on. So this will have to do... the remains of our "Dinner in a Pumpkin."

[We have had this dinner for the past 6 years ... it is becoming quite the tradition. We have added some new additions in the past years... monster juice, salad, apple cider, and this year... apple pie for dessert. We love this tradition!]

Trick-or-Treating ... the kids could hardly wait.

"The Gang"

After a long day of fun ... still smiling :). I think maybe the sugar-high might have something to do with it.

Connor was entralled with the pumpkins... he kept trying to reach inside and touch the candles or roll the pumpkins around. He just kept pointing and saying "Ooooooooo." I love the discoveries a little one makes.

Starting to wind down....

All-in-all it was another successful and fun Halloween.

The kids had fun... and so did Mom and Dad.

We hope you all had lots of fun this Halloween season as well.

Wish we could have been with you to trick-or-treat and share our pumpkin dinner :).

** Thanks to the Millers for putting up with our silly tradition and eating our goulosh.