Halloween with Cousins

I think that this Halloween was one of the best we have ever had. The weather was so nice! (for Utah) I had a great time with my sister while the husbands took the kiddos trick-or-treating. They came home tired and loaded with candy. (Chet note - so, just down the block a little Harris quit. It was funny, he turned to me and said, "I'm done". It was funny.)

My tender lumplings, Liv and Harris, as Jack and Sally. Liv wasn't to crazy about being Sally but Harris said to her "it's Jack and Sally." So being the awesome big sis that she is she went as Sally.


Bestest friends. Cousins Olivia and Camille ready for some candy!Lil punkin Aubry in her costume from Build-a-Bear, from Auntie Lindsay. Could she be any cuter?! (Chet note - yes, you read that right her costume is from Build-a-Bear!)
More bestest friends. Cousins Ryan and Harris ready to go! (Chet note - I did the fine face painting job on both Olivia and Ryan. I know, I am awesome...)

Halloween Eve and Pumpkin Carving

So, every year we like to spend some time together and carve some pumpkins. Inevitably, this involves me spending hours and hours carving away at a pumpkin, it usually involves Jaime saying she doesn't want to carve a pumpkin but doing it anyway and the kids will inevitably start a number of pumpkins and we will finish...

Anyway, we'll keep this one short. Here are our creations:

You'll probably notice a theme to our pumpkins this year...

Anyway, Jaime went with Oogie Boogie.

This took me almost forever. Jack and Sally was what I was going for if you couldn't tell...

Liv started and let me finish this scary Pumpkin King creation.

Harris worked on and let Jaime finish this carving of Zero.

How are people supposed to get to our front door you ask? Well, unless you are going to buy our home, I really don't want you visiting...

Happy Halloween Eve!

HalloweenTime

So another Disneyland trip has come and gone. Siiiigh. We had a blast as usual. Here are some pics of our fabulous time. This giant Mickey jack-o-lantern is so cool! At night it is lit up and flickers like there is a candle in it. Love it!

As you know we love finding new characters and this trip was no exception. We saw a ton of new ones (check the slide show) and were so excited! You can imagine Harris' excitement when we saw these guys. Jack and Sally. From his favorite show "The Nightmare Before Christmas". We were lucky to see them. They were only out one other time over the weekend.

As I said Harris' favorite show is "The Nightmare Before Christmas". At Halloween and Christmas they redo the Haunted Mansion to match the movie. So of course we have to do the ride a million times. It is very cool at night because the whole outside of the Mansion is decorated with jack-o-lanterns. I tried to get a picture but it is just too dark. So here is my cute family waiting in line for the ride.

Silly kids waiting in line for Haunted Mansion Holiday...again.

On Sunday my Dad joined us at Disneyland. It was his first time there in almost 20 years! Liv decided that sitting in the very front on Screamin' was the best way to reintroduce him to the park. Dad was a sport and did everything the kids wanted him to do. I'm pretty sure he had a great time. :)

How cute is this pic! Dad and Harris did Autopia together with Harris at the wheel. Dad came away with just some minor whiplash. ;)

Being goofy with Grandpa while waiting for Nemo.

Heehee. Poor Dad. He loved every minute of it. Really.