Halloween Festivities

Wow, has it been a crazy several days of parties, and while I must say it has been fun, I must also say that I am SO glad it is over.

It all started with carving pumpkins. My parent's came to watch Ally's Primary Program (which I must say she did an amazing job) and we decided to carve pumpkins that day.


Ally doesn't really mind carving pumpkins.

But Devin was completely grossed out by the insides and would freak out if any of it touched him... we were all laughing at him, because it was pretty hilarious.

The result...


A few days later Alex got sick... he still is.
On Thursday, October 28th, I hosted Devin's play group Halloween party at our house.
I put on a luncheon and had the kids make spider cookies.



Once again we tried to get a picture of all the kids... and once again it didn't work out so well...

Did I mention that Ally woke up with a cold this morning?... yeah, she had to stay upstairs while we had the party downstairs.

On Friday, October 29th was Ally's Halloween activities at school. So we, got her all dressed up as a witch.



My parents came down to watch Ally's Halloween Parade at her school.

We waited for 45 minutes to see her walk by for less than a minute around the gym... but that's all part of it...

Then my parents watched Devin so I could go back to Ally's class Halloween Party... did I mention I was in charge of it? For my part I had the kids make spider cookies and pom pom spiders.


The it was time for actual Halloween... well, since Halloween was on a Sunday this year, all of the trick-or-treating was done on the 30th... and who woke up with a cold this day? Devin.




We went with some friends to the mall, where the kids got candy from the stores and played around. Then we went to Wingers after for some dinner all together.


Then we went trick-or-treating with those same friends and their kids that night. Devin didn't want anything to do with trick-or-treating, so after a few houses Alex took him back to our house to pass out candy. Ally, got lots of candy though.

Who do you think woke up sick today???? Miraculously, no one NEW was sick.
The actual Halloween day brought another party... only this time for only half of us. Devin and Alex were just too sick to join in this time. So, Ally and I drove up to Salt Lake to spend the evening with my family. Here are some of the pics from our evening:

My niece, Kaylee:

And my other niece, Emily:

And my favorite witch:

We also all got in on turtle races.

And who was the overall winner?

My mom!

So, that was our crazy week of parties and sickness... and should I mention who woke up sick on Monday morning?.... hmmmm, there was only one person left in our little family to get sick.... yep, that's me, lucky, sick me.