Sunday, November 2, 2008

Halloween at the Hemingways

Here are Ethan and Jake on Halloween night. They were so excited to go trick or treating. It was such a nice night (For Utah). It was nice to not have to put on coats! Mark took them out for a while and then we went over to my aunts house. Kids make all holidays so much better.




Here is Ryan. This is actually on November 1st. On Halloween Ryan was a little tired around 3:30PM. I put him down for a nap. He didn't wake up until Saturday at 6:30AM He must have been tired. I still wanted a picture so we just had to do it the next day.
My sisters were here for Halloween. Kellie and Erik left on Saturday :( I always just want her to stay forever. Emily lives here. We all got together at my house. It was a crazy night.
Any of you who know me since my high school days ( I think it was my senior year) I had this brilliant idea to have what I called The Great Pumpkin Race. I have just never done it. I had this great idea to get cheap pumpkins the day after Halloween and then use them as shoes and race. Matthew (Emily's boyfriend) was at the store on Halloween evening getting a pumpkin. The employee told him they were all free and he had to take at least four. Emily told Matthew to get as many as he could. So here are pictures from our first ever PumpkinRace.
Here is the medal stand. Emily smoked us all. She did have a few practice steps and got it figured out before the race actually began. I took second and the race ended with Kellie's dramatic finish. Yes the pumpkins hurt your feet and I think mine might be a little bruised still.
A special thanks to Matt for getting the free pumpkins. And to Mark and Matt for carving our shoes. I am definitely up for a rematch for next year.

9 comments:

MyKidsMom said...

I love the pumpkin race idea. How fun! Looks like you guys had a great weekend. . .Jana

Taylor Family said...

CUTE! I love Ryan's costume. I can't believe he slept so long. I bet you didn't mind.

melissa t. said...

that sounds slimy,but oh so fun. we just might give it a try next year!

Rhiannon said...

Your pumpkin races looked fun. Your boys looked great in their costumes.

GMW said...

I swear, you have the cutest boys!
So much fun!

Tanya Leigh said...

What a FUN idea! I just might have to keep that Great Pumpkin Race in mind! :)

Jenn said...

Rae- I miss you so much! I wish I could have been there to see your race. I'm sure it was an event to remember. I cannot believe how big your boys are! Are you coming to Mesa soon. We need to catch up. Can you believe our babies are one already? I can't.

Dave'sWife@{thediaryofdaveswife} said...

i Am gLaD yOu fInaLLy MaDe yOuR pUmpKin RaCe a ReAliTy! wiSh i CoUlD hAvE bEEn tHeRe tO wiTneSS iT mySelF!

Tim, Katie, and Chase said...

Oh I so want to race in pumpkin shoes. That is brilliant!!