for halloween this year, we decided to throw a little halloween costume party with our small group from church. tyler and i have always wanted to dress up as doug and patty from the hit cartoon of our day, doug. so, we were super excited that everyone wanted to get together and celebrate. this picture perfectly captures our personalities about party planning and decorating for holidays. growing up, my family loved celebrating seasons and holidays and making them fun, and i plan on continuing that tradition!
the spread
jim, your artwork was perfect!
graveyard cups :)
bandaged toes
"hugged porkies" aka pork tenderloin sliders
amelia earhart and her plane! also the winners of the costume contest!
fred and wilma
auburn girl and auburn guy {complete with tights & uggs and frat strap}
speed bump and sign {it's hard to tell, but aimee is pregnant!}
two crazy candy corns :)
the gange, prom style
we had such a blast with everyone. the night was full of great costumes, delicious food, football watching, and even some fun games! thanks everyone for coming!
last night, we joined the harts for our second annual pumpkin carving party. the evening consisted of eating way too many of chane's amazing pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, lots of pumpkin guts, tons of creativity and a few close encounters with knives and fire. we again realized how difficult pumpkin carving is {even with the $4 kits!} and discussed the origin of this fall pastime {the irish started it. who knew?} last year i went for the ever challenging spider web, which is never to be duplicated again. so, this year i chose the hoot-owl. definitely a lot easier then charlotte's web.
we did have a lot of creativity flowing, and the hart's even designed their own! tyler also discovered etching and made an entirely new design on the back of his pumpkin. what a fun night! here we are with our masterpieces!
this afternoon was my first photo shoot with sweet ryan lily. we had a blast running around kiesel park searching for dogs and enjoying fall. many more cute ones to come!
i made these fun little treats for our small group last night :) double stuff oreos, pretzel sticks, a lil peanut butter and some m&ms for the eyes. what's not to love?! happy halloween week!
