Chris and I helped with the ward party this year with Mom and Dad. It went something like this. The party was supposed to start at 5:30, and we didn't get to start setting up until about 4:15. Mom and Dad had Aubree and Tim running around the stores getting stuff they forgot. Mom had a grocery-sized bag full of randomness, and said "Here, create a miracle". We didn't have any ideas for table coverings. We found some paper in the library thankfully. Chris and I just worked with what we had. It looked pretty ghetto for the longest time. The food made it look really nice once it was all there. On the banquet table, I cut the sides of the paper nicely to look like uniformed tatters. Aubree tried doing that, using the ripping technique on all of the sitting tables. It looked like BOOT! It looked like the paper had gotten in a fight with a mulcher. We all laughed though. We pulled it all together last minute.
We squeezed in some time to carve pumpkins with his siblings and mom. I had all of these big ideas about a detailed pumpkin, and I started in on it, and messed up early. I got frustrated, and just decided to carve open a big circle and a star. It was lame. I carved another one with jail-like bars, and made a man out of the extras. Chris spent a lot of time on his pumpkin. It was Bart Simpson. He did a really great job. We stayed home for Halloween and watched a movie. A total of 2 children came to our door for candy. We bought candy for Chris pretty much. I bought Chris some lounge pants that look like jeans with chaps, and he wore a cowboy hat and everything to answer the door. He was more dressed up then the kids!