We carved pumpkins the Thursday before Halloween. The boys worked on their own designing and cutting. They are not big fans of scooping out the guts, so Mom and Dad were given the honors. Laken, on the other hand, loved digging in the guts. She wanted to carve the pumpkin herself, too, as she is big into doing things herself. As you can see in the picture of all the pumpkins her pumpkin has no face. She just poked a bunch of holes in it.

We, also, hosted a morning Halloween Party for some neighbors and kids. We had an oatmeal table. Our neighbor, Landon, is demonstrating that it is safe to play and eat from it, too. We had ghost footprint crafts, painting a pumpkin and decorating cookie stations for the kids. It was a fun way to pass the time until the big trick or treat.

Later, that night Brad took the kids treat or treating along with our neighbors the Jacobson's. He said the boys just sprinted from door to door. They made out like bandits as usual. It was my turn to hand out candy. We didn't have as many trick or treaters as previous years, but as soon as the boys arrived home the took over my duties and loved it! (You'll find all the pictures below due to technical difficulty.)