Tricks, Treats, and Cool Costumes

We had a pretty low-key Halloween this year. We didn't even carve pumpkins. How lame is that?! My poor last child is really getting the shaft. On Sunday after Halloween, I heard the front door close while I was making dinner, so I went to look out the window. There was Jensen trying to heft the big pumpkin I bought for her the day after Halloween into the house so we could carve it. We will have to have Thanksgiving jack-o-lanterns this year.

Nonetheless, we had a great time with family on Friday night. The kids looked great (and so did Grammy) for trunk-or-treat at Cash and Marisa's ward building. We started with mabel burgers here at our house, a Gunnell family (as in Brent as a little boy) Halloween tradition. What's that? You've never heard of mabel burgers? Well, you are missing out. Here are mabel burgers -- a delectable conglomeration of eggs, cheese, and ham, baked on a hot dog bun. Doesn't get better!
After mabel burgers (which were named after Brent's Grandma's neighbor, Mabel), we went to trunk-or-treat then went to Sonic for 50 cent corn dogs and ice cream cones. We ended up with a little trick-or-treating in our old neighborhood where Cash and Ris still live, then home to bed in a sugar-induced coma. The weather was fantastic, and I'm a trick-or-treat die hard, so even when the kids are begging to be done, Jared and I are saying, "Come on, just one more street. You're ok." Bad, bad parents. Hey, he's a dentist, so if his kid is still out scrounging candy, so is mine! :) Other than that, Shaina marched at a football game that night, and Cassie watched movies with friends, so like I said, pretty low-key. (Cassie is the pink power ranger.)

Saturday night, October 32nd, was the annual Hill Halloween party, and the theme this year was heroes and villains. Brent and I threw something together on Saturday morning, literally, but my brothers always go all in, and they looked fantastic! I've decided that I will try to at least match their costume enthusiasm for next year, so they need to come up with a theme like, now. I need a lot of time. . . .

If you want to see more pictures of the party, go to Marisa's blog and web album.