Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Carving Fun!!

Grandpa Allen said that because of the ears on our pumpkin we should call it "Obama"

Hannah Montana - Kaylee Sharpei - McKay The Undertaker (wrestler) - Owen Jeff Hardy (Wrestler) - Griffin

Halloween was a fun and spooky night! We first Trick-or-Treated in our Neighborhood. There were only 2 houses on our street who handed out candy (Bah-humbug... is that an appropriate expletive for Halloween?). Then we met up with Clarence, Chloe and Jarom (Shana's crew) and headed over to Mr. Tom's house to go through his Spooky House. He did an awesome job and almost every house in his neighborhood handed out candy. Then we were on the road again heading to Harlem to go to THE spooky house. It's a great walk-through spooky yard that a family does each year. This was the first year that Griffin got up his nerve to go through it AND McKay decided that she was big enough! Kaylee and Chloe said "No Way", in fact Kaylee said "My feet are planted and they aren't moving". Too bad I had to stay with them and miss the spooky adventure :) After this we hit the road again and headed to Grammy and Grandpa's for a lot of good loot. Then back home for Homemade Cider. (The kids didn't like it, so they had Hot Cocoa.) It was a great night. McKay gets the award for most endurance because she was wearing little high-heels and boy, you should have seen her run! Nana and Grandpa Allen tagged along and seemed to have as much fun as the kids. I think Nana was the only one who screamed in the spooky house.

We got several chuckles and they were all from Owen. While ringing one families doorbell, they didn't come to the door but their door was open. As Owen walked away from the house he said "The spookiest thing about that house is their furniture!" Of course that made us grown-ups want to go peek but we didn't want to get arrested for being "peeping toms". Next, the kids were commiserating about the difficulties with their costumes. Finally Owen had heard enough about people being itchy, or hot or scratchy and he said "Y'all think you've got it bad... I'm wearing TIGHTS!"

A Walk Down Memory Lane:

Owen and Griffin 1999 (M&M's)

Owen and Griffin 2000 Dalmatian Puppies

Owen and Griffin 2001 Scarecrow and Tin Man Wizard of Oz

Griffin, McKay, Kaylee, Owen 2002 (M&M Packages and Candies)

Owen, Griffin, McKay, Kaylee 2003 "Little Red Riding Hood"

Griffin (Spider) Owen (Fly) McKay (Butterfly) Kaylee (Ladybug) 2004 "Bugs"

Owen and Griffin 2004 (They had two costumes because of career day, Policeman and Crocodile hunter)

Kaylee (Fairy), Owen (Dracula), Griffin (Skeleton), McKay (Fairy) 2005 first year the boys revolted against a Theme.

Griffin, Owen (Ninjas), Kaylee, McKay (Oriental girls) 2006

Griffin (Pokemon) Kaylee, McKay (Black Cats), Owen (Ash from Pokemon) 2007