halloween

We had a free night last week so we carved our pumpkins.  

The kids needed very little, if any, assistance from us this this year.

They came up with their designs on their own and hand drew them this year rather than using a template.

Festive treats and The Great Pumpkin are carving night traditions. 

Emmy went to a Halloween party on Saturday night with her gym friends. 

The kids could dress up for youth group on Sunday night so Bryce dressed like our youth minister. 

Jason got a new suit this year!  Of course he wore it to work today!

I realized today that this is the 4th Halloween that Emmy has worn this shirt!  I think it's the last year for it.

We have done trunk or treat at church every year on Halloween since Bryce was born.  Our kids have never gone door to door trick or treating and have always wanted to so we figured we'd do it this year before they (Bryce especially) age out.  

Instead of staying in our neighborhood we went over to a friend's house who host a bunch of families each year.  I got creative and brought some themed treats!

Yoda and a baseball player.  

Our festive family!

Bryce has made some great friends in middle school.  Also dressing as a baseball player is cheap and easy at this age!

Checking out the loot!

We all had a great time!