Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2009 was a great success! We got to celebrate twice this year, once at our church's harvest party on Friday, and then the big trick-or-treating on Halloween night! Both were crazy and tons of fun for the kiddos! They enjoyed bounce houses, cotton candy, popcorn, soda, and of course tons of CANDY at the harvest party. It was so fun to see all of our friends dressed up and having fun. The night of Halloween James worked so I invited several friends to join me and the kids for some dinner and trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. We had a yummy pizza dinner and then got all dressed up, (even I dressed up this year using one of my many costumes I have from doing the church Christmas plays over the years) and we set off for some trick-or-treating fun! There were seven kids altogether and six adults and boy did we have fun!

The kids did a Star Wars theme for costumes this year. Jackson was Darth Vader for the second year in a row, with the addition of the breathing device, Ryan was Bobo Fett, (yes, that is a Star Wars character), and Hailey was the most beautiful Princess Leia I have ever seen! She managed to keep the wig with the buns on for most of the night too! Anyway, we had a great time celebrating this year with good friends and lots of candy! Hope you had a great Halloween too!
Jackson "Darth Vader" Irvine, Tommy the Pirate, Ryan "Bobo Fett" Irvine, and "Princess Leia" Hailey!

Enjoying some treats at the Harvest Party!

Princess Leia gettin' some candy!

My Star Wars kids!

Don't they look "scary" good?!?!

Pumpkin Patch!

Mrs. Spring's Kindergarten class!

Ry-guy with his pumpkin!

Ryan and his best buddy, Jett, on the hay ride!

Ryan and his friend, Charlie, on the train ride!

Ryan's Kindergarten class got to take a field trip to the local pumpkin patch the day before Halloween! It was Ryan's first field trip, riding the bus and everything! I got to go as a helper and James and Hailey tagged along as well! It was so much fun and such a perfect day to go - the weather was excellent and it wasn't too crowded since it was so late in the season! The kids got to see a pig races, ride on the train, go on a hay ride to pick out their very own pumpkin, and then enjoy a picnic lunch complete with the farms' own apple cider YUM! Ryan loved it, especially since he was with all his buddies! Hailey had a blast too, she thought she was a part of the class! All in all, a great field trip day!