Halloween fun 2009!

We started off our Halloween fun on Oct. 19 at Shelly's house for a party with all of our cousins and friends. Jacob was a monkey again. I know not original, but the costume still fit from last year and he wanted to wear it again, so we went with it. Joe was a football player and Sammi was a hippie. We had great food, fun games and prizes! It was such an awesome night.
Last year we learned of fun Halloween traditions in Fountain Green that we never knew of before. We have had the house in F.G for almost 20 years now and we never knew that Halloween could be so much fun. Our day started with carving our pumpkins. They turned out awesome!
Then we went to the school Halloween carnival. They had blow up slides, a climbing wall, games and yummy food.

We then we trunk or treating at the park. Those who live farther out in the country come and decorate their trunks and pass out treat at the park. We then went trick or treating with some of the cousins around town. Sammi went with Olivia, Bailey and their friends from Fountain Green. The rest of us went together. Nathan totally decorated the yard and had scary music and his fog machine. Some of the kids were afraid to come up to get a treat.
The teenage kids in town gather up all of the pumpkins and decorations in town and take them down to the post office. They put them all on the roof and decorate it. The next morning all of the towns people go down to check it out before it is taken down later that day. They didn't take our pumpkins. We hope they do next year, because we are hoping to make F.G. a new Halloween tradition. One great thing is we didn't get as much candy because the houses are more spread out. We always have leftover candy at our house that we finally throw away because it is so old. So we had great fun without getting too much candy!