Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Annual Ray Family (better late than never) Halloween Party

The Ray Family Halloween party happened later than ever this year. Due to scheduling conflicts, we didn't celebrate until November 6th. We had a great time! No one seemed to mind that Halloween was technically over.
Our three newest partiers were shocked by how crazy things get! They all looked cute, and we loved seeing them in their costumes (l to r, Kellan, Garrett, and Presley).
The greatest thing about having our party on November 6th was that we got to celebrate Hunter's 12th birthday with him!

Crazy McKenna!
The trampoline is always a big hit! Especially if you're Adam's size. Jocie and Charlie bounced him around, along with anyone else who had a chance!


Ty dressed up as a banana. What Halloween Pary can go without a banana?!
The Wyatt girls, Emma and Quinci, were darling as ever, dressed as a princess and a lady bug.

The big kids, in this case Jocie, always like to carry the little kids around. Whether the little kids like it or not!
Matt and Carolyn also had cause to celebrate. The next day was Carloyn's 40th birthday!
Ellie girl was our greek goddess. She was as beautiful as the sunset behind her!
Aunt Ashley kind of had to protect Presley from Adam. He just wanted to love and love and love her!
One of the best things about our family right now, is that if you want a baby, you can find one. Aunt Carolyn took her turn feeding Baby Kellan.
Presley's little lamb costume was one of the cutest costumes I've seen!

Rylee (middle) and her friend Alex took time to comfort Charlie. He was suffering with the anticipation of Ty's spook alley! It was pretty good!
Nothin' better than cousin time! Darcy, Ellie Girl, and Kelton all survived the spook alley! BTW the next weekend, Kelton's little league football team to the championship. Congratulations, Kelton!
Baby Kellan (with his Mama Lori) made the cutest little monkey! These costumes were so great!
We made time for birthday celebrations. First we sang to Hunter, then Carolyn!


We played a game where everyone tried to guess the number of suckers in the jar. It was a two way tie! There were 132 suckers in the jar. Darcy guess 126, and McKenna guessed 138. What are the chances? At least they share the same house, so it wasn't too tricky to share the suckers, too.
One of our favorite traditions each year is the pinata! And, I love the annual picture of everyone lined up against the door. I left their "red eye" because they look like little monsters! (L to R, Emma, Logan, Hunter, Quinci, McKenna, Ellen, Kelton, Payton, Jocie Libbie, Adam, and Charlie) Darcy is having her way with the pumpkin!

There were a few tears shed when the party ended, but not for Adam and Charlie. They topped it all off with a nice big bubble bath!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Halloween Fun

Grandma and Papa Far Away gave us our best trick! They surprised Charlie and Adam on Friday night when they showed up at our house with Daddy! Charlie was speechless when he saw them. When he could finally speak he said,"How did you get to my house?!" It was like they came out of thin air! They were only able to stay until Sunday, but we were so glad they came!
Charlie knew he wanted to be a superhero for Halloween, and BATMAN was his choice! He really wanted Adam to be Robin. Adam wanted to be Elmo. So, Charlie thought Adam could be Elmo dressed up as Robin. How else could Adam be his sidekick?
Earlier in the month...
We have a tradition with Darin and SueAnn's family to do a Halloween outing. This year we had as much fun as ever. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had a blast!





























Snow came early this year. Just a bit more than a week before Halloween! Our Jack 'O Lanters had snowy white hair.

Charlie and Adam thought it would be fun for them to use the markers to color themselves. Adam said he made himself a kitty. Each one of them did their own art work. Luckily, it came off pretty easily!


Our tradition for trick-or-treating has been going on for many years, as well. We spend Halloween night at Matt and Carolyn's. We had dinner and braved the rain.
I can't believe my brother's a Grandpa, but I love being this little girl's Great-Aunt!
Kelton makes a pretty scary Uncle for little Alexis!


Our little monsters didn't let the rain dampen their enthusiasm. They were out to fill their buckets, and that they did!

What would we do without the wagon?! Carolyn said Matt keeps trying to get rid of it, but we need it.....every single year on Halloween!

Oh, I think we all remember the Halloween candy binge. What other choice is there? We just let them go for it!




Adam threw up three times the following day!
That didn't stop him from wanting more candy. On Sunday, the boys got their costumes back on and trick-or-treated at our next door neighbors houses. Then, they enjoyed their treats on the grass, in the sunshine!


It was a HAPPY Halloween!!!