Halloween 2011

I am finally getting to our Halloween Post

better late than never right?!

We had a really fun Halloween and a fun few days leading up to 

the big day!

HALLOWEEN is one of my very favorite holidays

and now that we have Maddux it is even more fun

Friday- Pumpkin Fun

Remember the pumpkins we got to pick from the vine

at Black Island Farms?!

Well we decided we should carve them for our ward Halloween party

since they were having a contest

So Ty's parents came over and we started carving

on a tarp in our living room 

while watching the BYU football game

Ty getting started

Look at how long and crazy his hat hair is 

yeah well you will see what we did 

with it for Halloween :)

M had a blast watching us 

and played right along side

When ever he would step in the pumpkin guts

he would say ewwww and come to us to get it off him

haha

so funny

Gut, Trace, Cut, Repeat 

Yummy!

These were the 3 we did that night

for the ward pumpkin carving contest the next night

Ty-Creepy clown

Me- girlie skull

Maddux- Ty did Elmo for M's pumpkin

After Friday night we totally caught the bug

The pumpkin carving bug that is 

We all wanted to carve more 

so we decided to make a date to carve more

over at Ty's parents after the party the next night

Saturday- Ward Halloween Party and Trunk or Treat

Ty helping M fish for a prize

Isn't his sweet little concentrated face so adorable!

He loved all the little games and prizes he got 

M dressed up like a little lion 

it was adorable 

but he didn't want the hood on all the party

Me and Ty dressed up too

We were punk rockers

it was so fun putting my hair in a cool faux hawk 

and dark makeup

we even buzzed Ty's hair into a real mohawk

It was AWESOME!

After the yummy food, and games, it was time for the trunk or treat

M loved it cuz he got a ton of candy in a short amount of time

Our cute trunk

We gave out the good candy

Candy bars!

Yeah we are cool like that

Our costumes :)

Me and my dark Lover 

And there is the awesome mohawk

oh and I made him keep it for Halloween

so he had to go to church with it haha

he was so embarrassed he came into nursery with me

instead of going to elders quorum

and we had to sit in the very back corner 

in sacrament meeting

and then he wore a hat to school

lame I think he should have wore it loud and proud

I mean come on he goes to the U

I am sure there are plenty of students with mohawks there haha

Ty even won the Big hunk costume contest award

A bunch of ladies were in charge of judging

I am so not shocked they picked my hunky boy :)

Love him!

our black nails

Yup I even convinced Ty into letting me paint his nails 

That was my favorite part that and the makeup, and the mohawk

ok the whole thing was awesome. 

After the ward party we went over to my in laws 

and carved some more pumpkins 

Ty's brother, our sister in law and cute little niece were there too

Ty and I both craved another one 

I did Sally from the Nightmare before Christmas

and Ty did Undead Ted

Sunday
 After Ty's embarrassing Mohawk to church incident
We headed up to my parents to hang out and have dinner
and of course Maddux had to show off his costume
for grandma and grandpa
and wore it all night
then after dinner and when the kids were in bed and M laid down
all the adults watched The Village 
to celebrate Halloween
it was so good I had never seen it before

Halloween Day- Monday

Maddux wore his costume all day

(except during his nap)

which was not a surprise 

He loves it

He has been wearing it almost everyday since we got it 

I had to go to the store and I let him go in his costume

He got so many comments

the cute little stinker

I finally got a few pics of his costume with

his hood on before we headed out to go trick or treating

I love this picture

it just screams Lion 

ROAR

that is all he would say with that costume on

Time to go

The first house he went trick or treating at

It is our cute neighbor

and her and her daughter were all gaga over him

He wanted to hold his bucket all by himself

and even said trick or treat with 

a lot of coaxing from us

He said it all day long but would get shy at the doors

I think he thought it was pretty cool

knocking on doors and getting candy 

This was M's second Halloween

but the first that he could walk and hold his bucket

and go trick or treating 

It was so much fun watching his

experience it 

I will remember it forever

After trick or treating in the neighborhood
we headed over to Ty's parents
for dinner and to hang out
We had some yummy soup, chili and corn bread
M was so funny he wanted a banana and had a whole bucket
of candy next to him. That's my boy!
Such a proud mama!

Then we went and saw a few other family members
and a friend of Ty's
and then headed home
M was for sure tired after that long night
but I think he had a lot of fun

M's Halloween candy loot

pretty good for a 18 month old eh!

And he was so kind to share with mommy and daddy

These were all the pumpkin that Me, Ty, Dave and Julie did 

Friday and Saturday

We even displayed them at my in laws 

and a ton of people stopped to see them

It was fun to talk to everyone that stopped to look

they were very impressed

it was cool

We only did thirteen this year

but want to double that next year

Girlie skeleton-Whitney

Clown- Ty

Flag-Dave

Sally-Whitney

Temple- Dave

Snoopy-Julie

Jack-o-lantern- Dave

Frankenstein- Dave

Ekk- Julie

Elmo-Ty

Woody-Julie

Buzz- Dave

undead Ted- Ty

Oh and the next morning this is what we woke up to

Punk kids

 smashed pumpkins all over the drive away

oh and you can't tell in this picture but pumpkin seed were everywhere

yeah these were whole pumpkins not gutted ones 

so they were way messy

Rude huh?!

These weren't even our pumpkins

our pumpkins were still at the in-laws

So they brought pumpkins from somewhere else and 

smashed them in front of an elderly ladies (Ty's grandma) house

good thing we live in her  basement apartment

so we could clean it up for her

But overall we had such a fun weekend!