Our Science Lab....

If you had ask me yesterday after Church if we would be able to have Halloween the way that we like to have, I would have said, "No Way can we pull this off". This past month has been so wild and hectic with my DAD being so sick and Halloween was the last thing on my mind. But with DAD coming home this past week things have been looking up for our family. After Church Sunday, the children showed up and the decorations came out. Jackie help me to finish 140 goody bags (not near enough for our 200+ trick or treaters), Whit made costumes for her daddy, JD and herself. Chase and Reid hung the decorations. JD and Whit carved the pumpkin. Finally, Jackie and Whit put the final decorating touches to the house! I was so proud of how everyone pulled together to keep our tradition alive. And I forgot.... I made two pots of soup and a pot of Velveeta cheese dip... My sister also made a pot of her wonderful chili. We have so many family members come to our home for trick or treating and they are one hungry bunch when they finish roaming the neighborhood! I have to say that Lakeshore Estates has to be the best place to trick or treat for families!!! It is a blessing to see our streets full of families on golf carts, hay rides and just walking around!


Reid roasting pumpkin seeds.....


Whit painted our Welcome sign.....

JD with two of our favorite trick or treaters!

Jackie and our goody bags.... We always try to put scripture with our theme!

One pot of soup finished!

Reid's Science project for the kids tonight!

Jackie and Chase!

Whit, Yvette, Betty and Taylor... My dear sweet neighbors!

The Girls!

JD and Whit..... smelling the brains and heart they will be sharing with the kids.

Reagan, my sweet niece with her magic wand.... She kept the pot going for us all night with her wand... Toooooo Sweeet!

Yvette and Chase!!! I love this boy!

Science project for the kids!

Thank Goodness.... Halloween is over!!

Halloween at our house starts with Whitney and Reid carving "THEIR" pumpkin!
JD cannot be part of this father/daughter tradition.... So he has to sit and wait!

Glamour Shot before the night starts!

The Captain and the love of my life!

Chase, my son, who wanted to pass on this years theme!

"Bear" always has to be a part of all celebrations!

Whit and JD ~ Whit made their costumes!

My sister, Sonya, bringing food!

We are so ready for our trick or treaters!

The first and my favorite~ Emma Katrice! Also her mommy and daddy, my niece and nephew!

Whit and Daddy with their pumpkin!

Showing off his pirate shirt!

Someone took my camera!

Taylor and Whitney!

Halloween was so awesome this year! We thought the rain was going to put a damper on everything, but the KIDS proved us wrong! We had a record high of 180 kids this year, gave out of candy and had to turn out the lights and shut-down! We had so many cute costumes that were made at home! It was a perfect night!

Spook City at Our Home.....

We love Halloween!!! We love the fact that children come to our home and get excited about our decorations, our goody bags and well.... I guess you could say the whole atmosphere! Last year we had over a 125 children come to our home! For Reid and I, that is so awesome! It is a chance to visit with the neighbors, see all our friends and just fellowship with each other!

This year with Pirates being so "hot", we choice to be a Pirate house. This was easy seeing that I had collected Pirate "stuff" for our Beach House. Did you know that you can get fish nets really cheap after they get holes in them from the docks? And I found a great place in Apalachicola to get old flags and other Pirate items!

When I was younger, I remember neighbors doing special things for us! Thinking back, I bet they enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed them! That's what I want to create for all my visitors, a great and safe memory of Halloween as I had!

Hope you enjoy the video!!!

Halloween Bling Domino Necklaces...

Don't you just love these necklaces?

On the back where the dots are, they have pink crystals set in each hole...

"Bling Necklaces"!

Just as pretty on the back as they are on the front! As you can tell I am ready for Halloween !!

Spooky Banners!!!!

So my spooky little blogging friends, are you ready for

the Halloween season yet??

Hop on your broom and find these at Vintage Village in Snellville, Georgia

or
Shoot me an e-mail and let me know if you would like one of

these or the necklaces from yesterday!

Getting in the MOOD for my trick or treaters....

Yes, I am in the mood for Halloween! I love having the neighborhood children, plus others from surrounding neighborhoods (last year around 125), visit my home! I love to see the creativity of the costumes, how well mannered the children are (Yes, most are awesome), hear the remarks on our decorations (we try to add something different every year for the children) and well, I just love to visit!!! Everyone seems so happy!

Today I started putting out a few things and re-using some of my other things to create a couple of vignettes. I think you can be scary and yet it be a little humorous~ Don't you just love the vintage clocks mixed in with everything else?I really wanted to mix some of my blackbirds in.... Michael's on sale!

I try to buy everything in these dark, vintage looking colors!

I will also use these at Thanksgiving!

I put stickers (Michael's) on a few candles and glass jars!

I love rocks, so I filled a couple of the jars with little tiny rocks!

I love the Bingo card tucked in my glass jar!

The Stickers are Martha Stewart! I don't know if I can stand to take them off after Halloween!

Monster Spider climbing out of my vase!

I hope this has inspired you to get ready for Fall!!

I have to go now and start thinking about my Goody Bags!

As one kid asked last year~ "My Grandfather said this is the house that made the best Goody Bags? Is HE right?" with a great big grin on his face! And as I pulled out the decorated liquor bag (yes, I use the long liquor bags for treats~ CHEAP) he had to say my favorite word....

WOW!!!!