The End of a Halloween Era

We have come to the end of an era.  I told the kids that this would be our last Halloween.  We had a good run, but the kids are getting older.  And, let's not forget that it will be a long, long time before Halloween falls on a weekend again.

For the last several years, we have been celebrating Halloween in Allen with the Garstka/Turner family.  Debi's family dropped out this year, because they had to have the girls back in Waco that evening.  That left Jessie without any teenagers to hang with.  We ended up dropping her off at a friend's house.  I didn't even get a picture of her.  She was a bumble bee.  Let me tell you.  It was quite the task getting her a costume.  She had to have a store bought costume.  No homemade costume would do for my girl.  The teen costumes were so inappropriate.  We had to buy leggings to wear under the bottoms, and a jacket to wear over the top.  By the time we were done, I have no idea how much we spent on that little bumble bee costume!

In order to fortify our bodies for the long night of trick or treating, we started off with a delicious bowl of chili.  I was quite the talk of the night, it seems they had never seen anyone eat around the beans!

Those tattoo sleeves look hot on Joanie!  I think she should consider making that look permanent!

After dinner, Susan and Joanie decided to get into the Halloween spirit.  Well, I'm not sure if they decided to get into the Halloween spirit or if Angela and Gina forced them to get into the Halloween spirit. 

Ally, Madison and Jonathan

The three cutest kids in the entire world

Chef Dave

Fred decided to try out Jonathan's mask

While the rest of us walked, Jeremy decided to ride an ostrich. 

Little Rylie kept asking "Daddy, why you ridin' a duck?"

I took this picture with the flash on, so you can clearly tell that it is Jonathan.  However, in the dark you couldn't really tell what was sitting in the chair.  We would direct the kids to go over to Jonathan and take two pieces of candy.  With his hairy hands and mask, they couldn't tell if he was real or not.  Just as the kids would get ready to take their two pieces of candy, Ally would pump fog at them.  Jonathan and Ally had quite the ghoulish set up going!

As always, thank you to the Garstka and Turner families for always making us feel welcome.  We love you all!  We had a blast!  I wish that Halloween could always be on a Saturday night, so that we could keep doing this every year.