Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year. We had perfect weather, and were done with the boys in bed by 8:30pm. Success, right?! Seriously though, they had a great time trick-or-treating and ended up with over  11 pounds of candy. And that is after we recycled a few pounds! I think I'm going to have to freeze some of it for later. Every food storage needs chocolate, right? Maybe I'll hand over some to Santa for Christmas stockings as well.

I took Jack, Evan and Jared to Grandma's work in the afternoon. We took cookies around to her co-workers then had lunch with she and Grandpa in the cafeteria. I love this little yearly tradition. I'll be sad when all the boys are in school and we don't do it anymore.

After an early dinner we took the boys down to the local elementary school for our neighborhood's trunk-or-treat. They ran around and got their candy in the first 20 minutes, then spent the rest of the time helping Gary pass treats out at our car. I lost Jack at one point, but he made his way back to Gary, so that was good. We had a good time seeing all the costumes and visiting with friends.

After the trunk-or-treat we went over to my cousin Cheryl's house to visit. While we were there my cousin Mailyn and her husband took the boys trick-or-treating while we visited. They were so excited. They even took them through a spook alley in someone's garage - no tears! I'm glad we have such a great family.

We made it home a little after 8 and had the boys in bed by 8:30. Then Gary and I watched the end of a zombie movie and went to bed. Good Halloween. Happy Halloween!