Happy Halloween!

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This last weekend we had our ward Halloween party. We had to dress up as a famous couple. Can you guess who we are?
It's OK, no one else could either.
Would you like a hint?

Here's another one

That's right!
We're Jurassic Park! Kayley was a good sport and let us dress her up as a dinosaur for her first "real" Halloween. She was pretty cute toddling around, but don't take our word for it--here's a video (PS-we could only get her to roar like a dinosaur by asking her what a lion said)
The party was a lot of fun. Kayley got to go trick-or-treating at some doors they had set up, and there was lots of games and food.

To wrap up the Halloween season, Jeff did a pumpkin for the school's pumpkin carving contest. He wanted to try something a bit different this year, something that would stand out in the competition. So instead of carving his pumpkin, he sculpted it.
 Three pumpkins and four hours later, and Master Yoda was in our kitchen!
Here it is up at the school with all the other entries. There were about 26 pumpkins total.

The exciting news is that Yoda took 2nd place! He won a $50 gift certificate to the schools food court. We were super excited! (PS- the first place winner was the pumpkin to the right of Jeff's). 
We had a great Halloween season and are now looking forward to Thanksgiving! Bring on the turkey :)

Comments

  1. TammyNovember 02, 2011

    What a cute little dinosaur!! I admit I had no idea what couple you were until the picture. Creative, I must say. :)

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  2. Travis and CrystalDecember 21, 2011

    hey katie, I dont know if you will see this but we will be living at University Village for the first semester and then we are gonna try and find a cheaper place! we should definitely get together!

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