Happy Halloweeny!

Halloween this year was a fun one! I hadn't been feeling up to putting too much effort into Halloween costumes, so I called up my sister-in-law and asked if I could borrow her's from last year. Total costume stealer, I know! But hey, we got "Best Family Theme" at our ward Trunk-or-Treat so the shame wore off quickly. ;-) 

At Trunk-or-Treat:



On Halloween we went trick-or-treating in the late afternoon at Jayce's school. All of the offices (secretaries, dean, teachers, etc.) were open for kids to come door to door and it was so fun! I wish I actually got a picture of Cam walking around. He loved the attention and people were more than willing to give it to him. Plus, once we hit the upstairs rooms people had checked out and just left their candy bowls up for grabs sooo....Mom and Dad scored too!

After that we went to one more neighborhood close to where we were going for our Halloween party that night. In the 8 houses or so that we went to we made bank. One guy was even handing out full-sized candy bars! Thank heavens Cameron grabbed the Twix.

Then we meandered over to the medical people party. (our bff's) And Meg got some good pictures of a few of the couples there:

Here we have Meg herself with Brandon and Evie. Or should I say Captain America, the Hulk, and Black Widow?

The McCurdy's--Meet the Flinstones!

The Hayden's--2 pirates, a mermaid, and a lobster. Thank goodness Lydia was trick-or-treating with us because she was the only kid that could actually say "trick-or-treat"!

Bethurem's--boxing buddies and a butterfly!

Mulliner's--love that little giraffe!!


We ate dinner, had a relay race, and frosted cookies...doesn't get much better, right??

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Spencer's Birth Story

Image
After those last days of trying my hardest to push away the heightening anticipation of Spencer's arrival, he finally arrived two weeks ago today! Now those days seem so far away. It's amazing how quickly the tables turn. Your life seems to be building up to one particular moment for so long and then all of a sudden you're on the other side of that moment and it's like life has never been any different. Here is the last "belly picture" I took before his arrival and I only thought about it because my parents had requested one. The difference between the first and the fourth kid I guess. This was just a couple of days prior to his birthday. Well, for all of you birth story enthusiasts and for my posterity, here is the story if you so wish to read it. Fair warning: it's probably going to be long. I woke up on Monday morning with that "my due date was yesterday and now I'm just depressed that he's not here yet" feeling. I was a...
Read more

Welcome to the World Aiden Titus

Image
Something big arrived in the Porter Family early in the morning on September 29! He's big, he's blonde, and he has kisses all over his chunky cheeks...welcome to the world Aiden Titus Porter!  He was my second largest baby weighing in at 8 lb 10 oz, his abundance of blonde hair is reminiscent of Cameron, he's the 17th grandchild on the Porter side and the 14th on the Terry side and he came into the world fast and furious like his next-older brother, Spencer. He also completes the Porter basketball team. Summer Olympics 2032, here we come! Now where's a coach?    The Story The week of my due date my goal was just to stay relaxed and not get fixated on when Aiden might/might not arrive. The "Anything happening in there?!" questions are always well meant (and I totally ask them of other preggos too, it's just too exciting when someone is about to deliver!) but they make me feel like I should have control over something I do...
Read more

Mom's Gone

Image
My Mom died in the early hours of June 29 of complications from pneumonia. She was one month shy of her 67 th birthday. I’ll be processing everything from the morning of her death to the day she was buried for a long time. I’m so grateful that I was able to talk to my mom just two days before she passed. I had sat down at my computer after rocking Spencer to sleep and it was quiet time in the Porter house. My mind went blank as soon as I sat down and I relaxed, which is abnormal because I usually feel torn between doing ten things at once when I sit down to “get stuff done” during quiet time. So I thought, “Well, what should I do? It’s been a while since I talked to Mom...” When I asked her how she was she answered, “Well, actually not so good,” and she explained that she had just come home from the doctor’s office where she found out that she had pneumonia.   She filled me in on some details from her appointment and how she had been feeling recently. My mom has had and ...
Read more