Halloween Escapades

Happy Halloween!

We had a good time, walking the neighborhood and meeting the neighbors. You can tell by the smiles on the girl's faces...
Even the skeleton seems a bit put off.

With a little prodding, we were able to get Katrina to crack a smile.

And Jaime showed her more festive side. I think 'Jack' the skeleton has a bigger smile going, but I could be wrong...

We hung an inflatable pumpkin in the carport and lit it up with a spotlight to let the trick-or-treaters know we were open for 'candy distribution' business.

Also included in the decorations is a purple-lit spider web, a motorized black widow spider that looks like it's walking on the wall (green and orange lights on the right) and a blue lightning disk mounted in the front window. Not seen is a ghost with wings by the door and something of a scarecrow mounted on a stake in the front yard by the oak trees.

We also had a costume contest at work. It kinda let some people's true personalities come through. The first place winner was the Grim Reaper for most authentic look (as if anybody has met the Grim Reaper and lived to tell somebody what he looks like), second place went to Alice in Wonderland for being bold enough to wear the costume in public (I tend to agree with the judge on that one) and third went to G.I. 'Joette' for serving our country (she actually has).

Honorable mention goes to Count Dracula and his wife, Al Borman from the TV series 'Tool Time', Cat Woman and Ya Zoo the Clown.