Our Halloween Weekend

We kind of missed going to a pumpkin patch this year, mostly because we didn't know where to find one. I had seen an advertisement for a Pumpkin Village at the Dallas Arboretum, so we decided to check it out even though we would not be able to buy pumpkins there. Also Chris' parents and sister Karen were visiting us that weekend and we thought it would be something fun for us all to do.


This was the day before Halloween and we didn't realize it was trick or treat day there. It was crowded! We couldn't even park there. We had to park a couple a miles away and then take a shuttle over. 

It was really pretty here and we want to go back when it isn't so crowded. The picture below shows part of the pumpkin village. 

And this is a neat part with waterfalls. There were lots of people taking pictures here so I'm thinking it is a pretty popular area. 

On Sunday, we took everyone down to the stockyards in Fort Worth. We missed the cattle drive by about an hour.  I believe they have the drive twice a day every day, but I'm not 100% sure of that.  

Unfortunately the boys seemed to run into some trouble. 

We debated on where to bail them out, but since it was Halloween the judge decided to go easy on them and let them out on their own recognizance. ;-)

I'm so glad they got sprung from the jail, because they had some trick or treating to do! 

That is one scary (cute) Vampire. 

And we also had Scream. 

And Chris got attacked by a giant spider who wrapped him up in a web. And poor Maggie got turned into a bat. EEK!!!! (And before you ask, I do not dress up for Halloween. Not my thing, but I love looking at everyone else's costumes.)

And then after we took all the obligatory pictures, they were off to go candy collecting! We have quite the candy stash around here. 

I believe I have hit all of the major events since we have moved. I can't believe it is almost Turkey time! This year is going by fast. 

Thanks again for visiting me! 

Happy Halloween!!!

We are all ready with our costumes.

Spooky!!!

We have Darth Vadar, a fading eyes Phantom, and of course the Witch.

The candy is ready to be passed out to all the

ghosts and goblins of the night.

Happy Haunting!!!

Yes, I'm one of those people...

I could have also titled this post, "Paybacks are Hell." LOL! I think most people know that Maggie and I haven't got along very well since her arrival, so when I saw this witch costume, I had to have it. My little plan backfired though. She didn't mind the costume.
Maggie and I are actually starting to get along better. We hired a trainer to come to our house and work with all of us. She still has some issues that we need to work on, but I am happy to report that she is making some progress. And so am I. ;-)

I took this picture this morning. This tree is in my backyard. All the leaves are gone now, and it has just rained and rained and rained. This is pretty much what the weather has looked like here for the last month. Just gloomy and depressing. I thought the birds sitting in the tree against the gloomy sky looked Halloweenish. (Is that even a word?)

The weather is suppose to clear up tomorrow. I sure hope so. I hate trick or treating in the rain.

Have a great Halloween weekend everyone! And thanks again for visiting me!

One more Halloween Post.

I have been working on this mini book for the last couple of years. I got it all caught up this year; including this year's Halloween pics!

This whole project started with a Frankenstein I bought years ago at Target on clearance. I started to take Spencer's picture next to it year after year. It has now become a tradition for us to take pictures next to "Frank" every year.

This book is fun for me to look at too because I can see how my scrapbooking has changed and the different products that are out there now. I used a lot of stickers those first couple of years and now I hardly ever use stickers.

I also added the acrylic years to it. I was so pleased with how they turned out! I cut them out on my Cricut. I used the Graphically Speaking cart with the Design Studio. I just welded a rectangle onto the year so I would have a place to punch the holes to put them in my book. And then I stamped them with different "spooky" stamps!


So here is my "Halloweens with Frank" mini! (I have lots of pictures!)

Halloween Cards

I signed up on the Creating Keepsakes message board months ago for a Halloween card swap. I love doing these swaps because it is so much better to get a bunch of creative cards in the mail than bills!

And as anyone who knows me well will know, I tend to wait until the last minute to get things done. So I finished these up last night. And I have a week to spare. Not too bad for me!!!

I used plain black card stock and the Cuttlebug Spider Web embossing folder. I lightly misted the front of the cards with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Glacier. You can't really tell in the pictures, but the glimmer mist gives the webs just a little bit of an iridescent look.

The spiders were cut on a Cricut with the Doodlecharms cart. I then embossed them with some silver to make them stand out against the card. The eyes are Orange Stickles. I put the spiders on the front with a pop-dot and then kind of bent the legs up to give them a 3-D look.

Thanks for looking at my first creative post on the blog!