Haunted Houses

Every Halloween the majority of the cousins get together to decorate Haunted houses.  We often miss out on this activity because it is done on a Monday night and its hard to make it after Ryan gets home from work.  This year some of the cousins mentioned it to Sarah and that it was going to be on a Sunday.  After much discussion (persuading by Sarah) we said we would go.  We had already spent Friday night up in Sacramento going to the pumpkin patch and drove back early Saturday to make all the soccer games.  So, after church on Sunday we hopped in the car and headed back to the Sacramento area for dinner and a Halloween family night.

One of my favorite parts of getting together so often with family is that the kids love their cousins and they are all great friends.  It is a huge blessing for them to have each other.

Everyone is ready to stick their Halloween peeps on the house or in their mouth.

Bowls of candy and chocolate frosting.  YUMMY!

The older cousins had a plan for their house and were more precise in their candy placement.

Inspecting the fine craftsmanship.  Can you find the half eaten peeps ghost?

They were starting to place candy corns on the roof to look like flames of fire.

The cousins had a gift for Ryder and Jack for their birthday.  They absolutely loved their Millenium Falcon.  Although they do lack some tact when they commented, "This one is not as cool as our Dad's.  We keep breaking his so he put it in the garage." (Ryan's parents found all of his old Star Wars toys and they are now packed in our garage.)

Silly Halloween Songs with Aunt Robyn.  She is great with teaching the kids songs.