Happy Halloween

Today is Halloween and we are sure excited to go out and get some treats. A couple of weeks ago we got our pumpkins and then we killed them and carved them up for family night this week. Addy and Logan sure had a blast painting theirs. I harvested all of the seeds for Amber and she made a great batch of roasted pumpkin seeds.
When we put the pumpkin down in front of Addy she hugged it and gave a witch-like cackle... pretty cute coming from her.
Here she is painting her design on its face. By the time she was done it was a big blob of purple. I think we will be finding it in all of her cracks and crevices for a while.
When I was on my mission in Pusan, we could not find any pumpkins so we got a squash and a watermelon and carved them up. We were really happy to find pumpkins at the commissary.
Logan was pretty fond of his pumpkin too.
really fond of it:)
Logan drew a face on one side of his pumpkin and his name on the other.
Getting the seeds out is tough work, Logan got his hands dirty helping me out.
mmmmmmm.... yummy!
First mostly smiling family pic in a while. Thanks to Ben for hooking us up with a tripod.
Here are the final products.
Now these are an entirely different story. We were invited to a costume party and we did not have a costume so we got creative. Amber got some sweats (from chancho) and a sheet and we hand drew, colored, cut-out, and pinned on the bones. It took us three late nights to get done. It was also the first time that we have ever paid a baby-sitter to watch the kids. What a blast. The Bartletts know how to throw a party, It was cool like a Turpin party. There were all sorts of props, and games and music, it was a blast. I think that our costumes turned out pretty good.
Thank you Tony for taking care of the kids and keeping my Xbox company:)