Halloween Eve

the mouse and bear were cleaning up toys
in the back yard before we left and they were too
cute...just had to snap some pics of them!

LOVE this pic!

pooh, minnie mouse, and mickey mouse!

i can't remember where i got the mickey mouse
costume, but cailey REALLY wanted to wear it
(and it was free:) so that led to braden wanting to
be pooh, and kinsey wanting to be minnie mouse.
i think it's cute that they want to wear 'themed' costumes
that go along with each other. fortunately it wasn't hot
so they didn't burn up!

outside games first...and a GIANT pumpkin

there was a TON of yummy food

and jumpy slides and bounce houses!

the kids listened to a story about how
people can be compared to pumpkins...
it was very cute and ended with how we shouldn't
hide our light but let it shine for others to see.

beating down Goliath

playing bible trivia...
cailey and did AWESOME and
was sweet to help kinsey!
braden did good too:)

cailey was SO thrilled to pop a balloon with
a dart!

braden popped one too!
(i can't believe that the kiddos
were using REAL darts...especially
kinsey:)

this game was about shooting
down SIN...it was so neat to see
the youth teaching the younger kids
how to play the games!

golfing through the beatitudes

Friday night we went to a Fall Festival at Bayleaf Baptist Church where Cailey played soccer and they have choir/bible study. It was a lot of fun and neat to see how every game they had was something from the bible. There were stories told (lion's den etc.), trivia, and even a 'tunnel' made to look like a whale was swallowing them. The best thing was that there were things that both the younger AND older kids could do together:).

We especially liked the fact that it wasn't on Halloween so the kids would still be able to go trick-or-treating with the neighbors. This is the first year we haven't gone to Providence's fall festival....therefore the first year they've gone to more than a few houses for trick-or-treating.