Happy Halloween!

We started Halloween with the annual carving of the pumpkins. Each year we have a picture of Kara licking the pumpkin and this year was no exception.

We let the girls draw their own designs on the pumpkins they had picked out and then Brian carved out what they drew.

Kassi drew an interesting pattern, but Brian was able to make it work.

Grandma and Grandpa Swenson even brought pumpkins of their own to carve too.

We had a wonderful Halloween this year. Grandma Maka (Swenson) made the costumes as usual and they turned out amazingly. Kara and Kassi both wanted to be princesses and they felt very beautiful in their dresses.

This is Kara's "princess" pose.

One of the girls' favorite things to do in their dresses was to twirl and they did this all day and all night.

This is what happens when I ask Kassi to "smile".

Luckily this picture turned out a little better.

The girls had a few Halloween events to attend. The first was Kara's pre-school Halloween party. It began with a parade and then they sang us a few songs before we had cookies and milk.

The second event was a party at their friends' house where they did a bunch of Halloween activities and mostly enjoyed running around with their friends in their costumes.

The third event was Trunk-or-Treat. Bri took the girls around to all the cars while I handed out candy. It took about half an hour to visit all the cars and this was long enough for both Kara and Kassi because it was bitter cold out.

Grandma and Grandpa Swenson were at Trunk-or-Treat too and they even dressed up (or did they?)

Our fourth and final Halloween event was an open house at our friend's house. Here are the girls with Anya.

The girls with Ammon...

The girls with Alan...

The girls were given some vampire teeth and had fun "scaring" everyone.

All in all, it was a good Halloween. The girls had fun being princesses, hanging out with their friends, and most of all...getting candy!