Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Halloween Week

Halloween is never just one day....it's full of multiple parties, pumpkin carving night, trunk-or-treat and trick-or-treating. We had such a great time this year...
Pumpkin Carving at the Downeys
(with the Fifes and Wagners too)

Pumpkin guts....not my favorite! :)



This year while I was buying the carving tools at the store, I found a new kit to decorate pumpkins. I bought it for Megs and Jessica. They LOVED hammering the posts into the pumpkin!




And so did the other little kids!



The Downeys had Christmas lights all over their trees outside because there was a wedding reception in their backyard the weekend before. It was fun to carve pumpkins under the Christmas lights! :)
Thanks Downeys!...We had such a great time!!

Jessica's Preschool Halloween Program
She is so shy and doesn't like much attention so for most of the program she was like this with her face covered..
or like this, turning to the side so no one could see her face...
but by the end she did warm up a little!

Mark's office annual Halloween dress up day...
(biker theme)

Here's the front office...

and the back office at work....
and how would you like this guy straitening your teeth???
Halloween Day...the costumes!
For Halloween, Rachel wanted to be a cave girl, Tommy wanted to be a vampire and Sam wanted to be a Cowboy. PERFECT! I had most of those costumes and this year was going to be easy. But after seeing Mark's costume, the three oldest kids changed their minds. They liked the idea of black clothes, earings and tattoos! I cringe as I look at these pictures, but here they are....
Yes, this was a frightening night looking at my kids dressed up like this!






Even if it only helps a little, I liked her way better with a smile! :)
And thank goodness for my sweet little girls who still like to dress up like sweet, innocent things!

My Fairy Princess...
And my little kitty-cat...

They had so much fun at our ward's trunk-or-treat/carnival and then trick-or treating around our neighborhood!


Here is Mark and his two friends Dave and Jason. They were all in dental school together and now we are all in the same ward! Way to go Jason for having a little Halloween spirit!

By the end of the night, we were all exhausted, even on a sugar high!
Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

10 comments:

Julia Harps said...

awesome! half of the costumes I planned on didn't work out but we had a great time with what we came up with last minute.
YOur kids are the best. great pictures.
I loved the biker dudes working on teeth!

Meredith Williams said...

ha ha! Your kids are way too nice and sweet to dress up like that! Bryan and loved it!

Rob and Mercedi said...

So cute! That pumpkin carving night must have been so fun. So many kids!
It's weird to see your darling kids in biker gear, pulling serious faces. It's fun they all did it together.
Mark-you should dress like that everyday, I think the patients would like it! :)

Brigit said...

Isn't Halloween the best! I couldn't believe Rachael's costume the other night...she pulled it off too well.

Grandma lu said...

Loved the pictures, except those kids in black, who are they? So glad you had such a good time. Love you, grandma lu

Blair and Norma said...

We loved seeing the Truman kids in their Halloween costumes... we totally did a double take! I hope the kids remember the fun memories we made carving pumpkins.

Anonymous said...

looks like you'll know what your kids will look like if they go off the deep end! :)

Janae Downey said...

Sorry... the last comment was from JaNae, we are just staying at Blair and Norma's until the power is back on at the house.

the heiner family said...

Where have I been and what have you done to your kids?!!! I love the Halloween post and the Jessie's hair post! Oh man! Her and Hal are going to be TROUBLE! But for now, how cute are they!

Kathy's Boys said...

Hi Maria, I'm so glad I happened upon your blog. It is so fun and your kids are so cute. I love the Halloween pictures. I hope you don't mind if I add you to mine.