Mackay Madness: Halloween Extravaganza!!!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween Extravaganza!!!

Little Miss "Red Riding Hood" from the hood!

Spidey! This is only the 20th spiderman costume I have purchased in the past years!

"Romo" Tony Romo that is!

Whimsical Witch!

The PaRaDe!!!

The PaRtY!!
I am Chance's room mom this year, and I was in charge of his Halloween party! It was so much fun! The kids were so excited about the witch's brew! ALWAYS A HIT!

HalLoWeEn DaY!!
We started out bright and early (like 6a.m.) with the girls cheer competitions! Addie is on the 5th grade squad, and Hannah is on the 7th! They both did amazing! Addies team took 2nd place which was AWESOME!!

Kristin, Liz and Morgan. Kristin and I are the team moms, and Morgan is the coach for Addies team! Whoop whoop.

Later that afternoon, we worked up the energy to carve pumpkins!!!

Last minute, Margo had us swing by for some delicious chili and cornbread that she and Lisa had made! It was the perfect meal on a chili Halloween evening.

Jason Erskine loaded up all the kids on his deluxe trailer, fit with hay bales and tons of spooky lights. There was even a hot chocolate dispenser!!! My kids thought that was super neato!

Apparently, we aren't the only "Cowboy football fans" ha, ha, ha

The kids scrambled around the neighborhood for hours. I, on the other hand, sat at home by the warm fire, catching up on all of my missed shows! It was quiet and pleasant....until the kids got home and dumped 5 gallons of candy on the living room floor, ate half of it, and crashed hard!!! Gotta love Halloween!

7 comments:

a-jodi-hall-a-day said...: The cheerleaders were so cute when they came to our house. Hannah was just talking up a storm, jibber jabbin' to Ryan. She cracks me up. They were so anxious to see Dalton. One thing that made me sad though, my younger kids didn't understand why they saw the trailer go by our house loaded with their friends and not stop. They also asked why they couldn't ride on it like years past. Its sad how this stuff effects the kids too. :(; November 2, 2009 at 11:15 AM
susan hall said...: hahaha..your halloween looks alot like ours...im sad we got there too late for the bail rides..so much fun... you crack me up..; November 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDDOS GOT TOGETHER THIS YEAR FOR TRICK OR TREATING... I SURE MISSED NOT SEEING YOUR BUNCH WITH THEM!!!

LOVE YA HUN... HAPPY NOVEMBER!!!!!!!; November 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Bell Family said...: So fun!!! The kids costumes look great. Love that Tony!!! Where were the smurfs?; November 2, 2009 at 12:43 PM
margo said...: Are you as tired as I am today after this busy weekend! Wow, it sure was a lot of fun though. We could really use the spa right now.... The kids were so cute and it is so great to FINALLY have you be part of this neighborhood.; November 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Rogers Family Blog said...: Wow! You are Wonder Woman! Your kids look amazing in their costumes.; November 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Natali Thompson said...: What a fun holiday! The costumes are all amazing (where is Liz's costume??? I know you have a witch one!) I can't believe they are already doing cheer competitions! That is so cool-a little too early though-I remember those days (and the NERVES!)
Send me Margo's email and I will invite her to my blog (if she ever feels like checking it out-I know you HATE private blogs-sorry! :) When are we ever going to see you again? It has been TOO long!; November 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!