Pre-Halloween, post-camping, bust yer bickies... super fast photo shoot

So, what a crazy weekend. We couldn't possibly cram one more thing in these last few days. Coming straight home from a 3 day camping trip to unpack, start the heaps of laundry, bathe or shower every single person, make a pot of soup and a batch of cornbread, spray paint Laney's shoes, put straps on the giant oreos and get everyone dressed and hair done is a feat of miraculous proportions. I could feel the stress coursing through my veins.

But what else is there to do?

Start checking things off the list and while you're at it, hustle those kids out the the front yard and take a photo before that costume has chili down the front or a rip in the knee.  I will thank myself later...if I'm still conscious.

Laney is a cute witch. She attached that cute bow to the rim of her hat and it really adds that special something!

Everly chose to be a cupcake in the hopes that it would entice the neighbors to give her more candy that usual.

I think she's on to something.

Mathew has wanted to be Link for SO MANY YEARS. And we finally got it together. He looks pretty happy. Which is a good thing, because that shirt took me FORever to paint.

I had to track Megan down at the church because she went early to help set up the fishing pond game. She's a mature young woman now and handles her responsibilities with serious efficiency.

She also purchased and put together her costume....Pony Boy (from the Outsiders). She even drew a red slash on her neck. Apparently Pony Boy gets slashed.

I'm diggin her rebel "what's it to ya?" glare.

Anna wanted to be a bat. Which was as simple as removing the tail and attaching some felt wings to our black cat costume.

This photo show's her personality perfectly.

She's a feisty one.

Ethan's band festival got rained out and so he was free to come as....a teenage boy that found some black paint for his face and always has a baseball hat on. 

Look at that authentic facial hair!  spooky.

Mark and I finally morphed into the living example of "You are what you eat". Double stuffed Oreos for the win.

Except. We were trumped by the Guenther Family....

They brought their 'A' game!!

Let's get a closer look at that mullet....

I love our ward.