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And the Halloween celebrations continue:
We had a Trunk or Treat out at our place on Saturday night with about 50 kids. I expected it to last about 2 hours, but the actual trunk-or-treating portion lasted about 12 minutes...so we sent the kids around for a second go, until all the candy was gone. There was a few games played, a parade of costumes

and the kids all sang Happy Birthday to me (thanks to a kind prompt by Janie). A few huddled in the garage with Apple Cider when the wind picked up, but most just headed home and our evening was done by about 6:45. Nice! An awesome party, lots of candy, and the potential for an early night before church. That's my kind of party!

Before we started, I wanted to get a picture of my kids in their skeleton t-shirts. I took a ton of photos and couldn't get a single one where all of them were smiling and looking at the camera...but this one's pretty awesome:

We also tried to have a pumpkin carving contest...and here was our entry

There was a lot of set-up involved, including building a pirate fort out of hay-bales. But the kids loved having a chance to ride around in the truck as we prepared