Thank You Food Network...

So a few nights before Halloween we were all watching the Food Network (we love that channel). They were having a pumpkin carving contest. It was very very cool. They had three different categories and these pumpkin carvers were awesome. Well in Elementary the kids get a voucher for a free pumpkin at Winegars. So I took Dane to get his pumpkin because he wanted to do one that was like the cool ones on t.v. Well for those of you who don't know Lantz's dad is an artist (a very very good one). Well Dane called Grandpa while we were watching the show and they decided they would do one together like the guys on the show. Lantz took Dane over to his dads house on Halloween and for an hour and a half they sculpted and carved Dane's pumpkin. It turned out really good. Dane was very very happy with it, and doing it with Grandpa made it even better.

It's a Dog!!

Ok so we don't use candles we use flashlights...

Dane looks so tired in that picture because we had been at Lagoon all night. This year instead of going trick-or-treating we took the kids to Lagoon. It was great because we didn't ever have to wait in a line. We also had my sister Shelby and her BFF Kari come with us too. It was nice to have them there with us. Neither of the kids are really fond of roller coasters but we have been trying to get them to so that we can eventually go to Six Flags or something. So I told them that they had to go on either the white roller coaster or the Colossus (I know mean huh). Well they decided to go on the white roller coaster. That was an experience. Dane held onto my so tight I thought my arm was going to fall off and I think I may be deaf from the screaming. Jace...well he got really sick. Sick enough that he didn't go on any other rides all night long. I felt really bad. So Shelby finally got Dane to go on the Spider (which I was really surprised that he agreed) and he LOVED it!!! He went with Shelby probably five times. Lantz tried all night long to get Shelby to go on either wicked or colossus but she hates those kinds of rides. So what does Lantz do?? Picks her up and drags her all the way almost in tears on the colossus. The whole time all I was thinking is 'oh great, she will never want to come with us again' Well she actually did really good and would probably go on it again now all by herself. Good job Shelby!! I think this may become a new Halloween ritual instead of trick-or-treating (until we have a little one to take around!) It was a really good Halloween this year!