Becca surprised us all by throwing the Halloween party of the decade this year.
Here's some proof.
Behold, the eats.
Some close ups.
Pumpkin veggie/cheese plate.
Ghost tortilla chips, spider crackers, carrot/ranch/olive eyeballs
Micah was SOOOO excited to have a doughnut off the cat tail. Even though it's only a one-eyed cat now.
Witch's brew (my meager contribution to Becca's spread)
Mom made super cute ghosts in green bean casserole.
Becca and Micah
After the incredible dinner, the adults convened downstairs to man Becca's spook alley. Not pictured are strobe lights, dark corners, tunnels for kids to climb through, plastic spiders sprinkled across the carpet, and something that jumped out of a garbage can...but I'm getting ahead of myself.
First, the kids went down the stairs and climbed under a sheet, where they met this creepy Keeper of the Gate, amidst flickering strobe lights. He directed them to the dark bathroom where they met...
This crazy mad scientist lady and all her experiments.
Some of her creations were edible (brains, rat something-or-others, and eyeballs), and others were not. Namely, the experiment that began moaning and rattling around in the bathtub. Otherwise known as FrankenJordan (Hill).
Then the Keeper of the Gate directed the kids to the strobe-lit section where Jordan T had suffered a tragic accident at the hands of Micah's toolset--a severed foot. (You know the one, Wilsons--the one that likes to peek out from Dad's office door, or the back door of the van.)
The two panty-hosed Jordans (who were way scarier in the dark)
The kids had to reach past Jordan's severed foot to pick a piece of candy from a bowl. Then they were directed to throw away their wrapper in the outdoor garbage can that happened to be sitting in Becca's family room. You know, that gigantic one? The one that can hold....wait for it....a full-size raptor?!? No, wait, it was just Grandpa wearing the raptor head. But it did freak some kids out. Eliza charged straight into the screen door upstairs after she escaped the raptor.
Thankfully, there were less scary games upstairs. And much less scary costumes. Suzy, the cowgirl, and Grandma, the fortune teller, for example. And Kim and Spencer tied fun balloons for the kids.
And Mom had prepared a bowling game, with pumpkins for bowling balls.
Rich was the best bowler.
Talk about an awesome party!
It may even be worth driving up for next year, Nielsens and Woodburys : )
Thanks for all your work, Becca.
"Trick or Treat? Want some candy?"
and 
in AZ with Krista
Christmas with the fam!
