Paint and Pixels

Halloween Costumes

When I was a child, I wasn't allowed to celebrate halloween. I think it was against our religion. I wasn't allowed to dress up, or trick-or-treat, or anything. So while all the other kids were out getting candy and having fun, our parents sheltered us from Halloween by forcing Luke and I to stay home and watch all the halloween specials on TV- my favorite was the Garfield halloween special because it was really really freaky!

Now that we are grown up and too old to participate in Halloween traditions, my parents go all out- spooky decorations, spooky music, fog machines. It's their favorite holiday now. Take a look at my dad on Friday:

We went to my parents house on Friday to celebrate with them. My dad got quite a kick out of playing dead and then jumping up and freaking out the trick-or-treaters- and my mom couldn't have been more proud of him. Here he is scaring my kids:

Besides my dad, as the dead pirate, there was some pretty impressive costumes at the party. I particularly like this duo, Batman and Batwoman:

And here are their parents, Wonderwoman and Superman:

Matt's parents dressed as matching scarecrows:

Jolleen always has the best costumes. She was a Jolleen Who. And we voted ourselves that best couple for a color picture:

Teddy was a redneck who likes cheap beer. By the time I took this picture, he had removed his mullet. But he proudly wore his PBR shirt all night: