Halloween in Midway

As you get older, Halloween seems to drop drastically on the excitement scale. A day that was once filled with candy piles, parties, and costume parades becomes an average Fall day with a couple of handfuls of candy on the side. However, this year my parents rented two condos in Midway for us all to stay at over the week of Halloween, and that surely made this Halloween a great one.

Almost everyone in the family was planning on driving up to Midway Friday night, so I spent the day grocery shopping for food to bring up, and pieces to make up fabulous costumes for Kendrick and I. In the beginning, we had decided on being Morticia and Gomez from the Addams Family (get it? Okay) but waiting until Halloween day to find a long black dress wasn't exactly brilliant on my part. So, after browsing Google for creative couples costumes, I stumbled upon this gem:

Bingo! It was the perfect combination of funny and creative with a side of risqué, and it looked easy enough to pull off. Luckily, I already had a blue and white striped dress that my mom made me that had the perfect retro vibe. I also am the proud owner of a pathetically large necklace collection so already owned a pearl necklace and red lipstick from my Flo costume from last year. For Kendrick, I found a black bow tie at a costume shop, a white cap and old fashioned milk bottles at Michaels, and the costume Gods must have really been smiling down on me when I came across a pair of white pants at the DI that were his size. Hallelujah, we had costumes!

After my five-hour-long shopping excursion, I quickly made my way home to pack bags for the hubs and I. Once everything was loaded into the car, I was on my way to meet Kendrick at his work, and then we were off to Midway!

Once in Midway, we were greeted by Harmony, Jeff, and Keegan- all dressed up as Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, and Pascal . Their costumes were so incredibly done- I couldn't believe all the details they managed to add. What's even more impressive is the fact that Harmony made all the costumes herself- even that darling chameleon costume and gorgeous princess dress! Zoey was also dressed up in her adorable Peacock tutu dress that Nicole made her. I have to say, nothing is cuter than seeing such a tiny little girl walking around in such a huge poofy dress.

As it started to get dark, we all headed out to take the kiddies trick-or-treating. There was some impressively huge houses in the area, so we figured this must be the candy jackpot. However, we may have spoken too soon when the first house had no one there, and the second house had no candy. Kendrick and Aaron quickly caught on that this area was full of condos, and chances were most were empty and the people that were there wouldn't have candy. So, after a little bit of direction, we were able to find a neighborhood filled to the brim with trick-or-treaters and candy. Much to our dismay, the candy wasn't anything out of the ordinary (mini candybars, tootsie rolls, dum dums- the components of your basic Halloween candy stash). However, there were some creepy decorations that made it all worth it, like this creeper on someone's porch that I'm still 99% was real...

We only made it down and around one street when we all decided it was time to call it a night, and headed back to the condo to meet up with mom and dad who were just arriving. With it being Halloween night, Danny's family and Chris and Jade weren't planning on coming up that night since they had other plans, so we planned our family Halloween party for the next night, had some dinner, and then went to bed. Kendrick and I were sure to watch a scary movie before hitting the sheets to pay some respect to Halloween in one way or another.

The next morning was cold and windy, but that didn't stop us from wanting to go walk around such a cute little town, so Kendrick and I headed out for some brunch. We found the cutest restaurant that was inside what looked like a darling little house. I settled on some cheese pizza while Kendrick ordered a sausage breakfast sandwich. While we waited, I noticed our table was lined with paper, and there was a little tin can of crayons next to my elbow- so obviously we got into a heated game of hangman before our food arrived.

The next few hours were spent in a long and blissful nap back at the condo. I had been struggling with insomnia the past week, and basically fell into a coma while my body desperately grabbed for any and all the sleep it had been missing out on. We woke up around five o'clock that night- just in time for our family Halloween party! Excited to reveal our costumes, I quickly curled my hair and helped Kendrick squeeze into his white pants that ended up being a couple sizes too small (I'm telling you guys, I'm married to the ultimate team player). And the outcome of our costumes...

I was thrilled with how they turned out and even more thrilled that my mom had the perfect apron that I think really added to the costume. I must say.. my family is pretty hilarious and creative- I loved seeing everyone's costumes! Chris and Jade were a couple of bandits, Wendy was Cruella Deville, Boston and Lincoln were Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker (SO cute), Mom and Dad were a couple of fairies (I think? haha), and Nicole, Aaron, and Zoey were a zookeeper and two peacocks (um, lets all just take a second to admire Aaron in those tights, please.)

After taking some pictures, we sat down for dinner which included my dad's famous dinner-in-a-pumpkin over mashed potatoes with some pumpkin muffins and cider. Then, we played a fun little Halloween game that my dad put together, which quickly turned into something that closely resembled beer pong (hold the booze). Then the much anticipated part of the night began- the costume contest, and the results were in: Funniest costume: Aaron! Most creative costume: Me and Kendrick! Most well-done costume: Harmony, Jeff, and Keegan! I'd have to say, I was pretty agreeable with those results. ;)

The rest of the night was spent snacking on treats, playing games, and chatting. It was a great Halloween night (on November 1st, ahem), and did I mention how much I love my family?