Halloween 2009

Let’s talk about Halloween….

Let me start by tell you a weird story……My mom’s name is Debbie and my sisters name is Heather………………My best friend’s name is Debbie and her daughter’s name is Heather! My friend Debbie has a son named Matt & Clay….they are my brothers & sister from another mother! Throughout this blog posting I am talking about my friend Debbie & her daughter Heather!

Now, let’s actually let’s start the week before Halloween! My best friend Debbie had an early birthday party for her son. His birthday is in December, but he is in love with Halloween and the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. So she decided to have him a Halloween birthday party. Since I love parties and planning them (and so does Debbie) I told her I was in on this!! The party was at 7:00 that Saturday so we decided to meet up at 7:30 that morning to get started. We meet and Debbie asked me how many games I came up with? What? Games? I totally forgot that I was supposed to be the game lady! So at lunch time we all sat around and ate pizza and Heather helped me come up with 4 or 5 games! Thanks Heather! We had so much fun. We made a ton of cupcakes, cookies, pizzas, dips, popcorn, cheese fingers, sausage mummies…..you name it - we made it, or at least thought about making it! We didn’t make everything we wanted to, but that is just because there is not enough time in a day. I am telling you…it was a lot of work but it was well worth it. I had so much fun being with Debbie and her kids (Heather, Matt, & Clay) making these things and preparing for this party. It was a BLAST, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I am hoping I get to help with her daughter’s wedding, whenever that might be! We also transformed her backyard into a “Spooky Backyard”! Heather (Debbie’s daughter) made a haunted house in the backyard. It was pretty spooky. Well, 7:00 came and we were ready (well, almost…we were still putting some of the food out on the table)! LET THE PARTY BEGIN! The kids started coming……we started playing games around 8:00! We played eyeball hunt, ring toss in the grave yard, mummy roll up, and then we had a costume contest. It seems like I am leaving something out, but I can’t remember, that was a week ago! The kids had a BLAST!! I really think they enjoyed it. I told Debbie after the party….I don’t know who enjoyed it more….us or the kids? Clay had a great time and that is all that mattered. I have posted some picture, but only the ones with no kids in them, since I am not sure how their parents would feel about it.

Now on to Halloween……

We had a big AUTUMN EXTRAVAGANZA at my church on Halloween day! Was I involved in to you ask…OF COURSE I WAS and so was ELI!

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

Colossians 3:23-24.

I love these types of things! I am sooo a people person! We had a craft fair that I partook in! I sold my hair bows and my hand stamped cards. I did alright, not what I expected, but I paid for my booth and made a little extra! The youth group was in charge of the food.

Youth group + food = Eli! Eli came with me and helped out with food. I am so glad that he is getting MORE involved in church! I have to admit….it is addicting. He has been helping out in the Youth Group every Wednesday night! I hope he gets addicted. I know he loves God…I just want him to be more involved. Halloween night we had Trunk or Treat. Eli decorated our trunk because by that time, I was wasted! I was so tired from staying up the night before to get all my craft stuff together; I only had 4 hours of sleep! Eli did a great job decorating the trunk! I think we had the best trunk there. The kids had a blast and that’s what matters. I had fun too and I think Eli did too! We made it home just in time for Texas Longhorn game that I slept right through! We had a GREAT Halloween and I hope everyone else did too.
That is it for today. Thanks for reading!