A Quick Halloween Recap.

Just wanted to quickly recap our Halloween festivities around these parts.

Mar dressed up as a zombie for LHS's trick-or-treat activity on Thursday.
The swim team decorated a room and their theme was.... Zombies, of course.

The shirt Mar is wearing is the same shirt Taylor wore for his 5th grade zombie program at Fox Hills Elementary, saved for such a time as this haha.

... a little blood... and ratted hair... completed the effect.

Friday night was our ward's Fall Festival, and Mar dressed up as Flo from Progressive. Funny enough, another couple in our ward came as Flo and Jake from State Farm.

Mar invited her friend Lauren to come... Bill couldn't resist a few photo bomb ops.

I did not dress up. Bill wore his Captain America shirt. It's the best we could muster this year {wink}.

The ward party was a smashing success, and the costumes were awesome, as usual. 

Here are just a few of the participants:

For Halloween night, Mar and some of her friends had decided to do a group costume.

Let me tell you, there is a whole lot o' texting required in a group of six (6) to agree on exactly WHAT that group costume should be. Finally it was decided to go the "Chick Magnet" route. The girls made their tutus and shopped for boas and shirts online. Lauren and Mar hunted down some orange lipstick for their little pouty chick beaks. They all turned out supa cute.

The "magnet" pic:

The whole purpose of a creative group costume is, of course, for posting to social media.

Thus everyone can like and comment on how wonderfully creative and awesome you all are.

As we were snapping pics, I couldn't resist getting one of the beautiful skyscape that evening... blue and orange, Bill noted... predicting a good outcome for the Broncos on Sunday (we are, as you know, a HUGE Broncos fam!). 

Bill quickly donned a wig (we didn't think the shirt would qualify as a "costume"), and took this bunch of chicks and their magnet to Chipotle for $3 burritos. The workers there took pics and said it was the best costume(s) they'd seen all day. Afterwards they went trick-or-treating to nearby homes, then headed to Cass's house for a movie (which didn't end up happening due to technical difficulties) and to chillax. Since the Sisters have commandeered our basement, we are currently unable to supply the party house.

Thanks to that social media flood, I can also share a few pics of my other chidlets enjoying the holiday:

Read about Lolo's first European Halloween here.

Today I am tearing down the Halloween and gearing up for THANKSGIVING. Before I do, however, I had to snap quick pics of my masked picture wall. I've done this once before a few years back, and LOVE it! As you walk by the pictures, it's almost like the eyes move. Such a cheap and easy ("easy" could be subjective, here - those tiny masks are pretty tricky to measure, cut, and tape!) decoration that always make me smile :-)

Halloween 2015... historified.