halloween 2012

Phew! We made it through all the tricks and treats this year. We all decided on a pirate theme for our family and we just went with it. I made the tutu skirts for Grace and myself so we could be pirate princesses, of course!

The boys got good old store bought costumes because I ran out of time, but I think they look great! I picked up all the eye patches and swords at goodwill for cheap to complete everyone's look. 

I even got extra ambitious this year and made coordinating trick-or-treat bags for everyone. I think they were a big hit!

As you can see, I even got into the spirit of things and dressed up myself. It is hard to see in this photo, but I have a skull and crossbones painted on my shirt and a big pirate princess skirt.

And of course we made it out to Glendale for Erika's annual Halloween pizza party and trick-or-treating. This is our 3rd year going and we always have a great time. 

A bunch of cute girls!

And a great group of boys!

And lastly, here is our annual girls photo. It is fun to think that we used to trick-or-treat together when we were kids growing up and now our kids get to do the same thing!

halloween festivities - 2010

Princess Grace

Jack was Fred from Scooby-Doo

Garrett was Shaggy from Scooby-Doo

This year we went to Erika's house for a Halloween party. We had pizza and treats and then the moms took the kids trick-or-treating while the dads stayed back and handed out the candy to everyone else. It was a lot of fun, we will definitely be doing the same thing next year!

These are all the kids - 12 of them!

It is so funny that we all grew up on the same street in Utah and now we all live in the same city in Arizona! It is so great when we get together and our kids are just as good of friends as we are!

carving pumpkins-2010

Three pumpkins that match three personalities.

Grace wanted hers to be girly with hearts and kissy lips.

Garrett wanted his to be scary!

And Jack just wanted his pumpkin to be happy!

The seeds in Jack's pumpkin were actually sprouting! I have never seen such a thing before.

It is so great to be able to carve pumpkins outside on the back porch. It makes it so much easier to clean up the mess!

trick or treat

Here are the cute trick or treaters all ready to score some candy.

It is great to be able to actually see what costumes the kids are wearing instead of their winter coats covering them up!

Jack has said that he wanted to be a pumpkin from the very beginning. Pumpkin costumes are actually harder to find than you might think, but we lucked out this week and found one 50% off at KMart. He was thrilled!

Grace is a tooth fairy princess. I spray painted her pumpkin white and put some feathers on the top to make it more fairy like.

Garrett waited until the last minute to decide what he wanted to be so he got to be the only costume I had in the box, a doctor.

I took the kids out for about 45 minutes and they got enough candy to fill half their buckets. Garrett stayed out with his friends for another 30 minutes and filled his bucket to the top. Those little pumpkin pails look small, but they can actually hold a lot of candy!