Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!! :)

I have never loved Halloween but I each year I get a little more excited for this Halloween.  I am beginning to love making matching costumes, the festive food, the candy, and fun activities I get to do with Shaef.  This year we I decided that our family was going to dress up as the Rubbles from the Flinstones cartoon.  Barney, Betty, and BamBam.  The costumes were easy enough to put together so that was a major bonus.  I wanted Shaef to know who he was dressing up as... so I showed him an episode of the flinstones and he quickly learned that BamBam hits his club on the ground while saying "Bam".  Basically it was the perfect fit for my rowdy boy!

We have a ward Chili cook of/Pie contest along with a costume contest and trunk or treating!  This year our family monopolized the awards.......Anson and I won best Chili, I won best Pie, and Anson and I won best couple costumes.  It was a little embarrassing but really boosted my self esteem....maybe I need to be more daring in the kitchen....

The missionaries looked amazing!!  If you wan guess...one of these missionaries is from Hawaii and he dressed his companions in style!

Our friends the Hostetters! I love their little lion!

This cute family won best family costumes and they looked AMAZING!!!  :)  

Costume Parade - Shaef was so proud!  You can see little Brooklyn the witch behind them.

And Brooklyn's mommy who won scariest costume.....she was the best witch I have ever seen!

Here is our truck turned into a "Monster Truck" for the trunk or treat!!  Notice Shaef's jacket?  Last year at Halloween (when Shaef was Yoda) it was too hot for his costume so we had to take it off....I like the cooler weather a little better!

One of Shaef's friend threw a little halloween party for only 2-3 year olds where they did a bunch of fun activities and ate some yummy snacks.  Shaef loved being the center of these two adorable girls attention!

Cheese!

Pin the tail on the cat!

We are so far away from any family here in Florida so it is so fun to get packages!!!  This was a package that my parents sent and Shaef was soooooo pumped!  We got spoiled again a few days ago when we got another package from my sweet sister.  They included some fun activities and notes for Shaef and some fun treats!  WE ARE BIG FANS OF PACKAGES :)