Halloween Festivities

We did several fun things to celebrate Halloween.

We made a trip to Gardener's Village to see the witches. We were suppose to go with our playgroup, but we didn't get the memo that they had changed it to another day because this day was going to be so cold. But, Stockton and I braved the freezing temps and enjoyed the witches!


Stockton LOVED this hula hoop witch.

Then the Friday before Halloween we went to Daddy's office to go Trick-or-Treating. All the employees set out candy at their cubicles and some decorated very creatively.

I wish this picture wasn't blurry! It was perfect, Stockton roared at everyone. This is Brady's good work friend, Ryan and he had the perfect reaction! Stockton was so excited to be a dinosaur. And he came up with the idea by himself. He was watching a show one day and they were talking Halloween. He asked me what it was, and I explained it to him. I said, "What do you want to be for Halloween." He replied, "A blue dinosaur." And he never changed his mind.

Some people even make spook alleys. Stockton was very brave and went through all of them!

This was a pumpkin alley. This is where Stockton got his idea for a Mater pumpkin.

Flying Monkeys from Rachel Haider on Vimeo.

One row of cubicles decorated like the Wizard of Oz, complete with flying monkeys! I love how Brady doesn't realize I'm taking a video and not a still shot.

We also went to storytime at the library on Halloween.

A couple of girls from our ward (Kylee and McKinley) were at storytime, too. They are all such good friends!

Of course at night Brady and Stockton went trick-or-treating. Stockton quickly caught on to the idea and didn't want to stop. They hit up almost every house in the ward, those little stinkers.

Punkins!

We had a lot of fun with pumpkins this year.

Grandma and Grandpa Haider grew these monsters in their garden. They sat on their front porch for a long time, but the night before Halloween, they were STOLEN! Who, how, and why would anyone steal a couple of 200 lb. pumpkins? Crazy, I tell ya!


We carved pumpkins at the Haiders'.


Stockton helped as much as he could. He didn't quite know what to think about the squishy insides.


The whole family joined in on the fun.


Brady decided to do a Detroit Lions logo on his pumpkin.


Stockton requested a Mater pumpkin, so I did one for him.


He loved it!


He also took a liking to Daddy's Lion pumpkin.


It did turn out pretty cool!


Stockton liked roaring at the Lion pumpkin, it was so funny!

Orgill Halloween Party

We held the "Kinda-Annual" Orgill Halloween party at my house this year. It was a hit as always.

The Dustin Orgill kids.


My little fam. I thought the the little suit I was wearing was my moms in the early 80's. She gave it to me along with a bunch of other costumes a while back. Uh... no... I was informed that it was indeed my Dad's SWIMMING SUIT that he wore in the early 70's. WHAT!? It barely fit me! How the heck did my dad fit into it?! And what the heck was this fad all about for males swimming suits? Gag!


Bryan Orgill fam, with Rachel Ann in the background. (Jackson is the scary guy)


Bryan and Dustin... with their scary costumes!


Dr. Mom and a Lobster.


Stockton roaring for the camera.

He was the cutest little blue dinosaur I ever did see.

Then the WWE crew showed up.

Brad, Niki, and Stratton. Stratton, or should I say Hulk Hogan, was in character the whole time, it was HILARIOUS! He also won "Best Costume."

Donahue kids.

Little Brock as Woody.

Rebecca and Kevin as marathon diehards!

The weather was so nice, we went outside to play a few games and then each of the kids got an exam from Dr. Mom.

Tons of Halloween fun!

Halloween Festivities

The Friday before Halloween we went to Gardner Village. Stockton loved just running around and seeing all the witches.

He was facinated with the witch flying on a bike.

We celebrated Halloween on Saturday like most Utahns. During the day we went to Haiders and picked out pumpkins from their garden to carve.

The Haiders had a HUGE pumpkin they had grown in their garden, it weighed 86.2 lbs. Check out the size of that "plug" compared to a normal pumpkin!

Stockton loved the big Jack-o-Lantern! It was bigger than him!

Brady carved a scary pumpkin and I carved one that looked like Elmo for Stockton. (On a side note: Yes, that is my mom in the background. Why is she at my in-laws house you ask? Well, it's because they were on their way to my sister's house and wanted to stop and see Stockton in his costume, so they came over to the Haiders since we were over there.)

Stockton loved his Elmo pumpkin. Turned out pretty good.

And Brady's was scary! It looked great!

It was such a cold, rainy night. We only took Stockton trick-or-treating to two houses. Then we snuggled in and had "Dinner in a pumpkin."

It's basically ground beef, rice, mushrooms seasoned with Worcestershire sauce (or soy sauce, either one) and brown sugar baked in a pumpkin. My friend Eli first made it for us a couple of years ago and it's kinda become a Halloween tradition. It's so yummy!

We only had a few trick-or-treaters. I had enough candy to give each of them a whole bag... but I didn't... so we now have a life time supply of peanut butter cups.

After Stockton went to bed, Brady and I watched a scary movie called "Stevie." Why is it that we love to scare ourselves out of our whits? I don't know exactly, but it's tradition.

Trick-or-Treating at Mommy and Daddy's Work

Stockton was so lucky and got to go trick-or-treating at both Mommy and Daddy's work.


I don't know which one is the bigger nerd! I was laughing so hard when I saw this picture! Like mother, like son I guess. But, I'm not just any nerd. I'm a structural engineer... since I work for a structural engineering firm. My outfit is complete with a pocket protector and a University of Utah tie to add to the nerdiness.

The two Sesame Street characters. The funny thing is, this guy's last name is Burt. So it was actually a pretty hilarious costume.

All the Reaveley Engineer's folk in their Halloween garb.

I switched costumes for Brady's work. Their trick-or-treating was a WAY bigger deal and there were tons of people there and so many fun things for the kids!

People had all kinds of decorations and music. Stockton is obsessed with pumpkins. So he liked this little pumpkin decoration.

One section of cubicles was even made into a spook alley.

Stockton loved it. This room was only lit by a black light. Stockton liked it when I smiled at him and my teeth were glowing! He was pretty enthralled!

We saw this tall pumpkin dude on stilts. Stockton very was frightened/fascinated.

Stockton knew just what to do. Take the candy and put it in his "buck-ock" (bucket.) He got all sorts of candy. Most of which he cannot eat... so that means mommy and daddy have to eat it!

Another Elmo? What the?!

It was such a fun day for Stockton. He was way into it. I'm sure next year will be even better!