our first (annual?) halloween party!!!

we decided to throw a halloween party this year

just for fun

and it was a lot of fun!

we finally got the kids' costumes together RIGHT beforehand 

henry is a puppy, noah is an astronaut but was supposed to be frankenstein..

eleanor is a butterfly, hazel is cinderella and olive is belle

 we got a little caught up with party planning and costume prep and we never fed our kids dinner

so when the party started they were starving and went to town

 to drink we had water, spooky punch and spooky soda

 for dessert had cream puffs, chocolate cupcakes, ghost cookies and chocolate chip cookies

tom and alisha (a deer and a hunter

 jerry and jenni

 my flash ruined this picture

but it's the kids watching a movie in the garage with the projector

 and the enormous tub of popcorn we popped for them

 courtney and ryan (a hunter and his trophy wife)

 mandy and jake (cast away and our second place winners)

 and the back

 angela and jex

 pretty hazel

 brinley and avery

 christina and eric (disco dancers and our first place winners)

getting ready to vote on the kids costumes

 all lined up

 and us!

mary poppins and bert

it was such a fun party!

it turns out we didn't completely over-invite like we worried

we had plenty of room and plenty of food

and everyone had a lot of fun

i would happily make this a new tradition to throw this party