Halloween Party 2010

Last weekend we hosted the annual Halloween Party.  This year the theme was scary/monsters and our guests did NOT disappoint!  We had a lot of scary make-up, masks, and food.  Then we played Halloween Jeopardy.

Mikel and Jessica

Jessica and John

Amos and Jess

Alicia and Matt in the coffin that he made

Melanie and Scott



Nate and Trent



Amos won for "Scariest Costume" and Melanie won for "Most Original Costume"



The exciting Final Jeopardy Question



We always enjoy hosting this party.  Half of the fun is decorating our basement and figuring out our costumes.  I do have 2 points of advice though if you want to be a vampire at your next Halloween party. 
1. Do NOT get the fangs with the putty attachment.  Neither Matt or I could get our teeth to stick in. :( 
2.  When wearing black nail polish, remove as soon as possible so it does not stain your nails for 3 days even after using 3 coats of polish remover! :)

Happy Halloween from our Little Doggie and Giraffe!

Messy Kids

Here are some recent pictures of our kids enoying some chocolate...and other things!

"I like chocit puddin' "



"I like Vasoline! :) "
(She didn't actually eat any, thankfully!)



"No, brownie batter is definitely better!"

 Landon also got a chance to ride in a combine as our church was harvesting the soybean crop for our Food Resource bank.  He loved the "chombine"!



Our Little Boy is 2!

Although it is really hard for me to believe, Landon turned 2 on Saturday!  He is such an active little guy who absolutely LOVES the movie "Cars" and especially the star, Lightning McQueen.  So, we threw a Lightning McQueen birthday party for him.  He was thrilled with all of the Cars blankets, toys, books, pillows, etc. that he received.  But his favorite part was the cake.  He LOVES cake almost as much as Lightning!  He even passed on ice cream so he could have more cake.

I don't think he knew that everyone was there for him.  Although he did keep saying, "Happy Birfday, Landon!" :)  He didn't care much for opening presents.  Once he opened 1 or 2 toys, he was done.  Emerson and I opened most of them!  But I do thank all of you who took time to come and pick out a special gift for our special guy.

Below are some of my favorites of his 2 year pictures, which Matt and I took at the Wetlands in Nappanee:

Below are pictures from his birthday:

This is what he did while I opened most of his presents! :)



Landon and his "fends"



The birthday boy

Landon and his birthmother, Mary, who came to visit for his birthday weekend.