Halloween Sleepover 10-31-08

Not only was it Halloween at our house but it was a rare opportunity to have two of Landon's friends stay over. AJ. and Jacob came over to go trick-or-treating and to spend the weekend with us. Their parents were out of town with their older siblings for soccer and a band competition. Here is a cute picture of all three of them before we went out for the evening.

Jacob was Mario, A.J. was a hobo and Landon was Indiana Jones. This is a great picture of them acting very silly. You would not believe the candy that they got from just our neighborhood.

It has always been a tradition for all the kids on our street to meet up and go trick-or-treating together. We have always had a great time. As you can see from the pictures below we continued to pick up kids as we traveled down the street. They always have a great time going out together.

By the time we got to the end of the street we had several kids in the group. It has been so neat seeing them all grow up over the years. I cannot believe how fast time flies. I think it won't be long and some of these kids will not want to go out anymore on Halloween. I think it is sad in a way. I guess we should be thankful that they are healthy and happy and growing up.

After we went around the neighborhood we went to our church and they played games ate smores and of course...collected more candy. There is enough sugar in our house to sink a battleship. I usually end up throwing some away after a month or so. They came home afterwards and we set up a camp in our living room and they watched a special about scary houses and then they wanted to watch the old classic Jaws. They loved it and thought it was so funny because of how fake it was. For three boys they were really good. They are out playing and riding bikes today because the weather is so beautiful. We are going to take them to play putt putt afterwhile.

The picture below is of my dear friend Cassie's kids. They were absolutely priceless and they came up with the idea all by themselves. Ian is John McCain, Macey is Sarah Palin and Cade is a secret service agent. Are they not just too cute? I love it!!!


All in all it was a great day. I want to say Happy Birthday to a very special person, Landon's Popaw and Brian's dad. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! We hope you had a great day!