This is Halloween

We had another successful Halloween this year. Keven was Mario again and this is the only shot we got with him and his mustasche. He looks possessed! HAHA! Anyway, we went to the church for the trunk-or-treat and it was CHAOS!! Oh my goodness. The kids were out in droves and there seemed to be no order to it. Ben and I purchased toys at 75% off after Halloween last year (halloween rings, pencils, bubble pens, erasers) and that's what we handed out. We also decided to do silly string to the kids that were WAY too old to be out there. I say, save it for the KIDS. Once you hit around 14, you need to stop. Anyway, these teens would say, "trick or treat" then I would say, "I choose trick" and either Ben or I would spray them. It was great. We also sprayed the adults in our ward that weren't in costume, well, the ones we knew wouldn't get all upset about it. It was pretty funny when lil ones would see us spray then not want to come near us! HAHA! Also, the little kids in the ward would look at me all funny (I was Maleficent again) and be afraid of me. SO, I'd take off my hood and smile at them, then they'd recognize me and smile, but still be a bit hesitant. We made the best of it considering the chaos. I don't know if we'll do it again next year, unless they make it more orderly.

Keven had begged us to go door-to-door, because we always hit up the trunk-or-treat, so we went after that. He hit about 15 or so houses and had a blast. The Smiths came along with us and lil Sydney (2 yrs old) held Keven's hand and went up to about 5 houses. She DID NOT want to hold any of our hands and only wanted to hold "Keben's". It was really cute. I completely forgot to take pictures because of the chaos at the trunk-or-treat! Oh well! They left and we contined on to some more houses, then decided to go home and change. Well, on our way home, we realized that Keven's school was still having their Halloween festival/carnival or whatever it was called and that it was still going on, so we decided to swing by there to support the PTA! So, we get there and he sees one of his best friends (he's not in our church so he didn't see him at the trunk-or-treat) and he was SOOOO elated! They pal'd around playing games. We put in for a few fun baskets ($1 a ticket), but didn't win. We saw friends from the ward and chatted with them. Here's a few pics from that! Yes, I remembered the camera there! HAHA!

I'm ready for my close-up, Mom!

Ben and Keven play fighting

My friend, Chase and I. I forgot the zoom was on! HAHAHAHAHA!

Keven doing a Mario pose while Ben tries to block Chase from being a photo bomber! HAHA!

All in all it was a lot of fun. Keven would like to do more houses next year, so I think that's what we'll do. After the school event, we hung out with friends and had a late night! So, we'll see how it goes next year. Oh, and Keven got quite the haul. This isn't including the 20 pieces we threw away for being open already or being questionable and the 20-30 pieces gone from Ben and Keven eating it last night and today! It actually fills a big bowl!