2 Football Players and a Flower

How much candy can 2 little football players and a flower collect in one halloween? A LOT!! Halloween this year was a lot of fun and we had some dang cute trick or treaters, if I do say so myself! :) 

Halloween actually started on Thursday for Preston, as you can see his preschool class had their annual party. All the kids looked so cute. Preston was excited to wear his costume. He felt pretty cool because he got to put his uniform  on a day before his brother! Sibling rivalry, gotta love it! 
Friday morning we got up early and Landon got ready to wear his costume to school. They had a parade with all the students and teachers. It was really cute. I hadn't ever been to a school parade before, I thought it was great to see all the different costumes and kids. Landon was happy to see us, but I guess in kindergarten it isn't cool to wave to your parents so he just grinned from ear to ear!  This is a picture with his teacher... one of the 3 little pigs! She is a great teacher, and Landon just loves her. 

In the afternoon we went trick or treating at the high school with Tara and Stephanie. The kids made a haul, I swear their bags were almost full by the time we left. 

In the evening the ward had a party. This is a picture of Stephanie and I at the party with our little flower and cheerleader!  All the houses in one of the circles had different treats, homemade root beer, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, chili, spook ally... the list goes on and on. Everyone else in the ward brought bowls of candy and the kids "trunk or treated" up and down the street. It was good except my kids had never done a trunk or treat before so they didn't dare just walk up to people and ask for candy. They wanted to go knock on doors, so later we took them to a few houses and let them do the traditional trick or treating. They wore out quick, thank goodness! Halloween was great and everyone got lots of loot and had a blast! 

Now for my story about the "Aliens" that showed up at our door on halloween night...

It was a little after 9:00 p.m. and we were just coming home from visiting my Grandpa and Grandma Bowler. As we pulled in the driveway we could see these two people walking out of our house. We didn't know who it was, so Gavin rolled down the car window. These two people dressed up like white trash Grandparents came walking up to our door. I must say their outfits were sweet, the Grandma had a noise ring, a hat that said I love Bingo, and a sweet bright purple jogging outfit. The Grandpa had on some army pants, and a hoodie. I could not figure out who they were, Gavin and I were just laughing and laughing. The boys in the backseat didn't think it was so funny. They didn't say anything the whole time while these two people were shaking their butts and looking at us, without saying a word. 

Well after a minute or two they just left and ran down the street. As Gavin pulled into the garage and got Preston out of the car, he said "Dad those were FREAKING ALIENS!" Then he ran in the house and locked the door behind him. He was not going to let those "aliens" come in our house ever again! After doing a little thinking Gavin and I thought we knew who it was, so we jumped in the car and drove around for a little while to see if we could catch them. We never did find them, but were were right about who it was. If you want to see who these crazy old grandparents were then click here and you can see a picture of these funny halloween people!(You might have to scroll down a little bit to see them dressed up in their costumes.) Anyway thanks white trash grandparents, you made our halloween memorable! It was great!!