We had quite the turnout for our Peterson Halloween Party. I made it on a weekend that Ryker and Anna would be here and I made it a lunchtime event rather then dinner so that Bob and Alison could be here as well. With their temple schedule it makes scheduling a little trickier but this week they were working the evening shift so making the party start at 11am gave them time to be here with all of us before they needed to go. We also had Mikell and her family come from Montana and Dustin and his family came from Utah. It was fun to see those that we normally do not see but it also made it a little bit more of a chaotic event. We were able to get a bounce house again which was a big hit. There was never a moment where it was empty, ok when we made the kids take the group picture it was empty but other then that kids were swarming in and out of the bounce house throughout the entire party. Whitney and I had some fun inside jumping over the obstacles and she took some pretty great action shots of me trying and failing to get the jump.
For lunch we had different soups and bread, cut up apples with a caramel dip and Mikell brought puppy chow Chex mix and Rice Krispie treats. I had each family bring a bag of candy and I put the older kids upstairs in rooms so the younger kids could "trick-or-treat". We had Rylee and Qiana, Ryker and Anna, Asher and Brooke and Isabelle and Madison all take a room to pass out candy. It was Brooke, Madison and Isabelle's first time being with the older group passing out candy and I think they really liked being a part of that.
We managed to get the kids all together for a picture and looking at the photo now I realize we should have broke tradition and taken it in a different spot. With the early afternoon sun it washed everyone out and did not make a very good picture.
It was nice to have Ryker and Anna here and to be able to get to know her a little bit. She handled the crazy really well and was really sweet to everyone.
Later that night we went out to dinner but the table was not quite ready so while we waited we spent some time inside Cratft Warehouse. I have not been inside that store in a long time and it was fun to see all of the cute and crafty things. Rylee found a couple of stuffs that she loved and wanted pictures with.
We picked up Rylee from work to go out to eat and she looked so cute in her apron that they are now required to wear.
Anna, Ryker and Rylee played video games during the day and I would wander up every so often to check in and watch the fun.
