A Long, but Happy Halloween!

Halloween Day started early in the morning for our little family. It takes a lot of work to make a little 3 year old diva into the lady bug she wants to be! Kenzi's hair took 45 minutes.

Her Lady Bug makeup took another 10 minutes...eye shadow, mascara, lipstick, TONS of glitter, and of course, little black spots!

Then Grandma came over and helped make Ashlin's bumble bee antenna headband. She actually kept it on, surprisingly. Then we packed up, and headed out to Naney and Grandpa's house. (My grandparents on my dad's side.) Great Grandpa Ernie even surprised us by coming out in a full jailer's costume!



Ashlin was a little nervous. She was pretty confused about who this guy was. But Kenzi loved it!

They both got spoiled by Naney, who gave them lots of candy and love!

They're headed down to Arizona, where they go every winter to get away from the yucky, Utah cold. We will miss them! But we'll see them again when they come home for Christmas.

Grandma bought us all some lunch, and took us back home where she helped me clean up the house. She was a life-saver! Then Daddy came home, and it was time to get ready to go trick-or-treating!

We all headed up to Grammy and Poppa's house so Daddy and the girls could go out with Danny, Kaye, and Sabra. After a while and too much candy later, we went back home to get ready for our Halloween "after-party!"

It was lots of fun! Pretty much everyone showed up at some point during our open-house party.

Steph and Sal win...these costumes are freaking awesome!

Ashin loves Grammy!

Kira and Jill. Just cuz you look like you hate each other in the picture, doesn't mean I'm not gonna post it on my blog. Ha!

Mom and Dad. They helped out a lot that night, and it was fun to have them there to hang out!

Kenzi playing with Isaak and Brinley!

Poppa and Kira's dad Steve.

Lloyd and Megan.

Even Grandma Glo came over (with her camera, of course.) She's Trevor's Step-Grandmother, and Kenzi and Ashlin absolutely ADORE her.

Brett brought over his Wii, and everyone took turns playing. Finally, all the kids were totally exhausted and everyone went home. It was super fun, and we've decided that this is going to be our own Halloween tradition each year. We're going to have an "after party" from this Halloween on! Hopefully next year we will have a bigger house.... we had almost 30 people crammed into our little place last night!