Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone and their kiddos had as much fun as we all did. The rain finally quit and we had sunshine and 50 degree weather. By the time we headed out around 6pm it was definitely getting cool but we did not complain, there was NO rain and we just wore a couple extra layers!
This was the first year that we went over to my sister's house and went trick or treating with them. Claire asked Cory and I if she could to go with her cousins (Lauren will be 8 in Jan. and Adam will be 6 in Feb.) this year. We have 3 families in our neighborhood who we have gotten to be good friends with and have always spent Halloween with in the past, however, our neighborhood isn't as big as my sisters and we have quite a few party poopers. So we packed up and headed over to Aunt Amy's and Uncle Jeff's for dinner, trick or treating and a bonfire with treats for the parents too! :)

I love this picture! The girls and Cory carved the pumpkins together. Claire LOVED it she stuck her arm right down in that pumpkin and pulled the "guts" out by the hand fulls.
My pumpkin with her pumpkin, yes even though we went over to my sisters we still carved a pumpkin and took it with us!
Paige was acting so silly and would give us great smiles but her eyes would be closed.

Lauren was so sweet to the girls. I was a little nervous about Lauren and Adam running ahead with their neighborhood friends but Lauren didn't she stayed with her cousins the entire time. Even after Paige was done with her trick or treating, she made it to about 15 houses and then was ready to head back to Aunt Amy's, Cory continued on with Claire and said Lauren stayed with her the whole time. I love my niece to pieces (my nephew too of course), all four of them get along more like siblings than cousins.
Here is our Clone Trooper!! My handsome nephew, I didn't see too much of him last night as he was SO excited and on a mission, but I know that he had a great time!
Trick or Treat, Paige and Claire waiting patiently for their turn to get to the door. The bigger kids did tend to push the little ones out of the way, until Lauren stepped in and stuck up for her cousins and told her friends to let the little ones go first! Have I said how wonderful my niece is and how much I love her???
Back at the house, checking out her loot
Claire seeing what she got.
Warming up and snuggling with Papa (my dad) and Daisy, my sisters 8 month old mini Schnauzer. My dad just decided to grow a beard, he hasn't had one for over 30 years we are all still getting use to it.