USO Halloween Party

26 Oct 2008

Yesterday was our ward Halloween party/chili cook off but we couldn't go because we were invited to dinner at the colonel's house. So to help the kids not feel like they were missing out on Halloween, we took them to the downtown trick-or-treat street and the USO Halloween party. The trick-or-treat street was really crowded but the kids had a pretty good time going to the booths getting little pieces of candy. Jared and I had a lot of flash backs to the vender streets in Cancun. I didn't take any pictures of the kids but here are some photos from the internet.

This is the classy part of Market Square (by the restaurants). When we were here yesterday the sidewalk was FULL of people and kids in costumes (imagine this picture with about 10,000 people in it.) This is the picture that reminds us of Cancun. Cancun market motto: "We have different junk!"

The USO Halloween party was tonight and we were kind of hesitant to go to a party on Sunday but since we don't have much else to do on Sunday afternoons we thought it would be okay - and it really was. The people that work at the USO are always SO SO NICE! They had it all decorated and they served us hot dogs and chips and had 5 or 6 games for the kids and candy prizes. There were about 50-60 people there and it actually felt more like a big family party than anything else. The kids had fun.

In this picture Derek is supposed to be blowing a cotton ball across the floor. Instead he just held onto it in his hand and crawled like the other kids.

This is a game where you are supposed to turn your partner into a mummy. Derek put some on me and then put the rest around himself.

Tyler tried to turn Derek into a mummy but Derek kept trying to help by ripping the paper.