Halloween Fun

This year Halloween just seemed to go on for weeks for us!

  

A full week before Halloween, the elementary school had their famous Boo Bash fundraiser: dinner, trunk or treating, game booths, spook houses, cake walks, and more.  Always a fun time that the kids look forward too all year.

We made out!  Look at all that loot! We won the soda bottle toss 3 times, the cake walk 4 times, and a few gold fish to boot; not to mention the $30 gift certificate to Red Robin that the twins won in the costume contest!  Not bad, boys.

Then, on the Saturday before Halloween, our ward had the Trunk-or-Treat.

My parents looked terrific in their costumes that they each made themselves (yep, my dad actually sewed his chef pants himself!).  You know that witch has made it big time if she has her own private chef brewing up her potions for her.

Donuts on a stings and a cake walk kept the kids happy and their blood sugar high.

It was fun seeing everybody in their great costumes.

The Van clan made out in the costume contest, though.  Caleb won for the boys, Alex for the young men, and Dennis for the adults.

A good time was had by all!

 On Halloween itself,  before trick or treating, we met with the cousins and the missionaries at my parents house for our annual Freaky Food dinner, complete with blood and guts, witch grins, mummy meatloaf, and of course...

severed fingers.  This year Derek volunteered.

Aren't those just nasty?  But they actually taste really great!

Of course the kids had a great time trick or treating and really packed in the candy too.