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HALLOWEEN RECAP

My goodness where do I start. We had an absolute blast this year. Finally James was off work and was able to go with us which made the day even better.

Honestly every year we usually do more than just Halloween day. We started the Wednesday before with our first Fall Festival.

The kids enjoyed a trunk or treat, hay rides, horse and buggy rides, bouncy houses, exploring on a fire truck, hot dogs and hamburgers, cake walk, face painting, balloon animals, making their own caramel or chocolate covered apples, and lastly the boys got to ride a horse (Santana shied away). It was a great way to start off the Halloween fun.

That Saturday we went to yet another Fall Fest and this time we all dressed for the occasion.

The kids again got to enjoy bouncy houses, horse rides, hay rides, cake walks and games. This time the church had hot dogs, fresh cotton candy, popcorn and lots of other treats. The kids had fun but at this fest I believe I had the most fun. Not only was my costume a hit but I was also the winner of the "guess the candy corns in the jar"

I was tickled to be the winner of the gift card :) YAY ME..lol.

Finally Wednesday was finally here and it was time to get ready. My oldest had Wrestling practice so when the other two got home we got ready to go to our final fall fest. My ex went to pick Vinny up and met us at the church.

I have to admit Halloween night the kids had fun running house to house Trick or Treating but I believe James and I had more fun just acting like kids and getting in character.

We finally got home a little after 10 and boy did the kids bring in more candy than needed.

But whats more fun than trick or treating on Halloween.......

Raiding the candy once the kiddies are tuckered out and sleeping soundly in bed.

Hope everyone else had a great and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

PUMPKIN CARVING FUN

This weekend we had so much fun

carving our pumpkins for Halloween.

Every year we take the kids to pick out

one pumpkin each that they get to clean

out themselves and then go online to

pick out the faces they want me to carve

for them. It won't be to much longer

before I pass over the tool and let them

carve their own pumpkins but for the

time being I enjoy doing that part.

Pumpkin carving is so much simpler

when you have a pumpkin carving kit.

This is what I purchased last year.

It's a neat little kit and it also comes

with stencils to use. I don't know if other

kits are build as durable as this one but

I was actually able to use it last year and

almost finished my project this year. I

will be buying a new set next season

because both my little carving tools not

only bent but the smallest ones blade

broke off.

The kids choose to go online to find stencils for their pumpkins. There are many different free sites that can be used or if you want something with a lot of detail they have sites where you pay for the ability to print your stencil. Also you can just search "Pumpkin carving stencils or templates" on your favorite search engine and you'll find many more printables.

Here are some wonderful sites that have

some sweet stencils.

And for those who don't mind paying

http://ultimate-pumpkin-stencils.com/
http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/patterns

Hope these sites could be of some help

and HAPPY CARVING :)

MOVIE NIGHT 9/20/12

Another family movie night is over and the kids are sound asleep so lets check out the flick for this weeks family night movie.
Santana's Pick

A Night At The Roxbury

Oldie but goodie for those with a some what twisted sense of humor.

Wealthy Yemeni-American brothers

Steve (Will Ferrell) and Doug Butabi

(Chris Kattan) enjoy frequenting Los

Angeles nightclubs,

where they bob their

heads in unison to dance music

(specifically Haddaway's hit song "What

Is Love") and fail miserably at picking up

women. Their dream is to party at the

Roxbury, a fabled nightclub where they

are continually denied entrance by a

hulking bouncer (Michael Clarke

Duncan). By day, the brothers work at

an artificial plant store owned by their

wealthy father, Kamehl Butabi (Dan

Hedaya). They spend most of their time

goofing off, daydreaming about opening

a club as cool as the Roxbury together,

and Doug using credit card transactions

as an excuse to hit on a phone approval

operator. The store shares a wall with a

lighting emporium owned by Fred

Sanderson (Dwayne Hickman). Mr.

Butabi and Mr. Sanderson hope that

Steve and Emily (Molly Shannon),

Sanderson's daughter, will marry,

uniting the families and the businesses to

form the first plant-lamp emporium.

After a day at the beach the brothers

decide that tonight is the night they will

finally get into the Roxbury. Returning

home, Doug gets into a heated argument

with their father about going out

clubbing instead of staying home. Their

father has planned a dinner party with

Emily and her parents. The angered Mr.

Butabi then denies them access to their

BMW car and their cell phones. They are

given enormous cell phones by their

mother (Loni Anderson)

and allowed use

of the fake-plant store's delivery van,

they are quickly rejected by the doorman

(Michael Clarke Duncan). After

discovering they might bribe their way

into the club, the brothers drive around

looking for an ATM. They get into a

fender-bender with Richard Grieco

(playing himself) and to avoid a lawsuit,

Grieco uses his fame to get them into the

popular club. There they meet the owner

of the Roxbury, Benny Zadir (Chazz

Palminteri), who listens to their idea for

a nightclub of their own. He likes them

and sets up a meeting with them for the

next day. The brothers also meet a pair

of women at the Roxbury: Vivica (

Gigi Rice) and Cambi (Elisa Donovan),

who see them talking to Zadir and think

that the brothers are rich.

On the way to the after party at Mr

. Zadir's house, the brothers annoy his

driver and bodyguard Dooey (Colin

Quinn) by making him stop to buy fluffy

whip and making jokes about sleeping

with his parents. As revenge, the next day

Dooey denies them entry into Zadir's

office for their meeting. He tells the

brothers that Zadir was drunk out of his

mind last night and does not know who

they are. In reality, Zadir really wants to

see them, but does not have their contact

information. The girls break up with the

Butabi brothers after realizing they are

not really wealthy. The brothers fight

and Doug moves out of their shared

bedroom and into the guest house.

Meanwhile Steve is forced into an

engagement with Emily. The wedding

is held in the backyard of the Butabi

residence, but is interrupted by Doug.

Having gone on a fluffy-whip-fueled

bender, he interrupts the wedding,

reconciles with his brother, and the

wedding is called off. Afterwards,

Richard Grieco (a guest at the wedding)

talks to Mr. Butabi to help him

understand that Steve was not ready for

marriage, and that Butabi is too hard on

Doug.

The movie ends as the Butabi brothers

happen upon a hot new club. The

building is unique in that the exterior is

constructed to resemble the interior of a

nightclub, and the interior resembles a street — this was an idea pitched by Doug

and Steve to Zadir earlier in the movie.

Attempting to enter, they are surprised

to find their names on the VIP list. In

addition, Zadir reveals that to reward

their idea, he has made them part-

owners of the club. Their new-found

success comes full circle when they meet

two women in the club: Doug's phone

representative from the credit card

company (Meredith Scott Lynn) and a

police officer (Jennifer Coolidge) whom

Steve earlier flirted with while getting a

ticket.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Roxbury

Some parts may not be for younger viewers but all in all it's a funny movie and we enjoy it. Maybe you will too. :)

FAIR FRIDAY!!!!!!

I don't know about you But I get so anxious this time of year. I absolutely LOVE the fair.

Yummy funnel cakes

Sausage with peppers and onions

carni stands full of teeth rotting sweets

Caramel Apples

Nachos drowned in cheese

and who can forget the Fried oreos

It's not only the rides that draws this family. We love the super greasy sugar filled extremely unhealthy carni food.

It's sad that a family of 5 has to pay $30 just to get in the gates. Nothing is free so I don't understand why admission can not be free. I mean really. We paid $50 just to ride the rides after the admission fee. It's terrible the price you must pay for a family to have fun. Anyhoo

$30 Fair admission,

$40 Sweet greasy goodness

$50 for tickets to ride the rides

Seeing the sheer terror in your little ones faces while they scream their heads off while riding the big rides for the first time PRICELESS!!!!!