Happy Halloween 2011

We had no time for pictures Halloween night.  There were cousins to see, and CaNdY to be had!!!!

We did enjoy perfect weather and no drama... The kids were perfect! I hope you all had a spooktacular Halloween, and that your little ones got enough candy to put the energizer bunny out of business...  I know mine did. 

Here are the few photos I was able to sneek...

 The scariest part of the night!!!!!

Halloween at School

Halloween day was jam packed with fun!  First thing in the morning Hunter had his Halloween parade.  After lunch the middle school and high school kids performed Thriller in the parking lot of the school, FANTASTIC!  The kids did so good coming up with zombie costumes and I have to say the kids had skills!!!! After thriller, Hunter's class had their party.  I was lucky enough to be able to help out in the class.  The activities were so fun from Ghost bowling, to making Rotten Apples, and we can't forget the pinata!!!!  Too much fun. 

Parade....

 Making Rotten Apples

The aftermath of the pinata

One happy Little Cowboy

Family Halloween Fun - 2011

We had our (at least) 22nd annual Family Halloween Party.  the kids Halloween party started at least 22 years ago when my mom would pull together this extravaganza for her grand kids.  After my Mom passed, we have tried to carry on this tradition in her honor.  She made everything bigger, and better.  Joshy, Arjay, baby Tatum and the Twins (to be) got in just in time to join in the fun!  We had so much planned for the little tykes to do, but with one mama down with a  migraine, and the other two Mama's scrambling to get everything together, all the kids wanted to do way play and jump on the trampoline... Hummmm...  Make a note, next year don't plan so many games, all these kiddo's want to do is play.  We were all able to bake a few of Mom's Halloween favorites,which always pulls everything together and really makes the holiday.  So here's to you Mom.   

 Most of the kids~ Big and small...  And let's hear it for my Dad, he's such a sport and dressed up :)

 Goodies

More goodies

 And even more goodies

 kids treats and prizes

Getting ready for the doughnut game...

 Funniest thing I have ever witnessed... If you click on the picture you can see every one's face is covered in powder.  Too funny.

 Witches Brew

Neighbor Party

~Neighbor party for kids~

Thank you Lence family for putting on such a fun Halloween party!!!!

After carving pumpkins we rushed to make some Halloween cupcakes for the neighbor party.  Hunter was in charge of getting the ingredients together and mixing the batter.  He did great!  I was so rushed that I didn't get a picture of the cupcakes.... And Boo to having to get my car registered so I missed the whole party :(  But, I was able to snap these two!!! 

Carving Pumpkins

 Carving pumpkins was very exciting this year.  Hunter was able to carve the whole thing all by himself.  The only thing that I did was help draw the face.  We had so much fun and Hunter got really creative this year.  I'm a very proud Mama.

Pumpkin Hunting

Our annual visit to Schmidt's Pumpkin patch was perfect.   The weather... crisp with the smell of chimney smoke on the breeze.

Hunter picked out 3 perfect pumpkins.  One for him , one for me, and one for Daddy.  It's amazing how mindful Hunter is of his Dad.  Even though he knows Dad won't be there, we have to make sure he is counted for.  Sweet boy. 

Patriot Week

~Giving back to those who give us everything~

A few weeks ago was Patriot Week at Hunter's school.  Did I mention that I LOVE Hunter's school?

Every year for Patriot Week the school picks a theme and spends the week learning about that theme.  This year's them was Military.  The school had a "Support our Troops" drive and asked for the families to collect items that the our troops needed desperatly.  Toiletries, stationary, games, snaks, etc.  I decided to ask for donations at my work and in just a few days we recieved an outpouring of support.  I collected money and went to the dollar store and we were able to get at least 1 of everything on the list, including "Thank you" letters for the soldiers.  I was amazed at what we were able to get.

A HUGE thank you to all of my Co-Workers for their support.

God Bless America, and the men and women who fight to keep us free!!!!