Halloween, although not my favorite holiday of the year, is always a magical time full of festive parties, haunted houses, colorful decorations and creative costumes.This year was no exception; October was a busy time in our neck of the woods. Luckily, we spread out the grand celebrations over several weeks.
The first week of the month, I whipped up treat baskets for some friends. Although it was not sent via the postal service, this is my attempt to revive the project, "Fun Mail" that I did last year. So, stay tuned for more tales of Fun Mail... and keep an eye on your mailbox!
We spent one of our date nights (2nd weekend of October) with Dave's brother, Jon, and his girlfriend, Aubri. I made my lazy lasagna and the giant, mousse-filled cupcakes. Aubri brought an awesome salad filled with fruit, veggies and a lot of tasty stuff, as well as a bucket of Halloween candy eyes, candy corn and other sugary goodness. We carved pumpkins and then watched a scary/corny Halloween movie that Jon picked out. It was such a fun night!
Our combined YM/YW activity was a pumpkin carving contest. Because one of the scout leaders was unable to be there that night, we also had all of the 11-year-old scouts. That made for a crazy night, filled with paint-covered, impaled and barfing jack o'lanterns. Fortunately, Tawnya brought a bunch of fun, festive prizes and made some delicious iced sugar cookies & pumpkin bars to round out the evening.
We attended Mark and Linda's annualHalloween party, which did not disappoint. While I forgot my camera, we were able to nosh on amazing food (chicken chili, chili-cheese bake, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin-brownie cheesecake and chips & dip). It was a lot of fun to see everyone in very creative costumes.
Our ward's party, the Halloween Spooktacular, was a ton of fun. The YW, as always, decorated the YW room into a spooky gallery for our annual cupcake walk. While the Monster Mash blared, kids meandered around the maze of pumpkins and ghosts, in hopes of winning a delectable, frosted treat! The Activities Committee provided a nice dinner, which included a baked potato bar, chili, broccoli cheese sauce, green salad, dressing and beverages. Ward members were asked to bring a spooky dessert; my treat of choice: Frankenstein Brownies. The kids gobbled them up... they obviously had not had enough sugar yet!
Finally, Halloween night came and we were all a little under the weather. For that reason, we had to skip out on the Wagners' party AND trick r' treating. We simply hung out in Edmonds with the rest of the Goodwin clan, where we posed for costume pictures, ate pizza, shared candy and generally enjoyed a spooky holiday.
2 comments:
I should have known those frankenstein brownies were yours! They were very creative. Thank you again for the fun mail.
I loved your frankenstein brownies! They were awesome. It was so fun to see what desserts people brought.
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