Halloween 2012

It's so hard to believe that Halloween has already come and gone and that 2012 is quickly coming to an end. It seems like the years just crawl when you're a child but as you mature and become an adult, the years fly by. Always planning a birthday party, preparing for sports games, gearing up for holiday festivities or being filled with excitement for the yearly vacation trips. Whatever it is, you just stay busy.

This Halloween Matt had to work so my mom gladly joined in the craziness. We had a zombie, a "jacked up" football player and a cowgirl cheerleader(she just couldn't decide...so she was a little of both). I felt pretty safe :-)

 (Zombie)

 

 (Jacked up football player)

 

 (Cowgirl...)

 

(Cheerleader)

 I've never done face painting and/or make-up'ing so I was pretty impressed with my work.

 (Still not sure what that look is)

 

The plan was to go to the "mansions" again and walk our tails off. First we made a quick stop for a fun, quick hayride and then off to the "mansions". Once we got to the church I realized plans had changed. This was a good option for the whole night. They had three hayrides. A very kid friendly one for the little bits to trick-or-treat, a medium one for the older kids to trick-or-treat as well as be a bit scared and then the "scary" one(this involves no getting candy, just plain ole' monsters jumping out). The boys wanted scary(truth be told, so did I) and Taya wanted the kiddie one. So we compromised and did the medium one.

All three hayrides were "tricked out" real nice-like. Side note: the girl raising her hand(Kennedy) lives across from my folks and has a huge crush on Ethan and the one in the blue(Kiley) is Ethan's ex.

 (Ready to go! Corbin was clearly annoyed with me...)

 

(My beautiful mama)

 

(Witch?)

 

On our way we went...trick-or-treating. As we made our way through the neighborhood, there were several scary "things" jumping out. I was loving it, however, my darling Taya...not so much. At one point she screamed "I don't like this place no more!" (place being the hayride). My mom and I died laughing.

 

Once we got done gathering our candy(and children) we headed back to the church. Lucky for me and the boys the scary hayride was just starting to load. We dropped Taya and Mema inside to grab some snacks and back out we went. Me and my boys on a haunted hayride. It was awesome. Needless to say, Corbin ended up in the center of the trailer with all the little girls. Ethan was on the edge and took it like a champ. And I somehow ended up with a little 6 year girl named Tyler in my lap! Gotta give her props for even boarding the trailer!

 

By the time all the hayrides were said and done it was too late to go to the "mansions". The boys were a bit bummed about that but I still think they all three had a pretty great time. And hey, we'll try to make it to the "mansions" next year.