Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween (or day after)!  I think Halloween is such a FUN holiday! As much as I LOVE Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter etc, there is just something about the casual nature of Halloween that makes it so much fun!

This is our first Halloween in our new home and I was so thrilled to have everyone over for a relaxing night of trick-or-treat and dinner. I loved seeing all of our little neighbors dressed up, some so little they were in wagons ! My sweet little cousin, Annie, is the baby of all us grandkids. She's 8...and growing up WAYYYY to fast. It has become tradition to spend Halloween with her (we jokingly admit to be her personal entourage). Annie dressed up as a "nerd" this year...and boy was she the cutest/funniest thing! My favorite Annie moment of the whole night was as she was walking up to a house in the neighborhood, she saw that it had a Romney/Ryan sign in the front yard, she confidently said, "NOW THIS IS A HOUSE I CAN TRUST!" LOL....girl after my own heart! 

Cutest nerd I ever saw! 

"Are we promoting bullying?"-Allison

The guys stayed back to pass out candy and enjoy their "adult trick-or-treat" :) After some door to door "candy begging" as Brian puts it, we all came back to the house for a nice warm bowl of chili! It was my first time making homemade chili and I think it turned out pretty good. I love how cool its been outside and to me, chili is the perfect meal for a cool night. 

 I really enjoyed this Halloween and it makes me even more excited for having our own family someday to "trick-or-treat" on our little street! Hope you had a fun day and didn't eat too much candy!

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