What were we anyhow?! Halloween 2009

So we weren't planning to really do anything for Halloween, but then decided last minute to go to the party that the Perucina family threw for a TON of people. We went last year and it was fun. We did not plan, so we did not have costumes. We decided to be scarecrows. Well it ended up turning out to be its own thing - we might be more like rodeo clowns, I am not really sure.
We bought a hay barrel and did not realize that it would be such small peices. Boy did we have to be creative making our own bunches with Omar's zip ties and then zip tying them to our outfit on our arms and feet. It was quite the task. As you can tell...Omar went a little crazy with his face paint. I don't think he had really experienced face paint before.

When we were walking out the door of our house we actually had our first trick-or-treater. Of course, totally unprepared we were and did not have any candy. Man did that kid (just one kid and he was early teens) luck out beucase we gave him $5 cash. I want to trick-or-treat at our own house if we give away stuff like that! We should have just told him, "sorry it is trick tonight" and walked out the front door.
Abriel hand made his costume and he uses it for camo for paint ball.
Eating food near the Mauermans
Wicked Witch and Snow White. That Snow White dress was hand made too! Omar and I both voted her as best costume
There was a tie for best couple - this couple won it
I am not quite sure what Laura's costume was, but she won the best female costume
Elvis's costume was homemade and he even performed for us
Finally this couple (the devils) also won for best couple costumes. The devil won best male this is his 3rd win in a row!

It was a fun party with music, food, games and lots of people. Our team of course won most all of the games. We didn't win the coveted best couple prize - but maybe we should have. We came in 2nd or 3rd place depending on how you look at it. It was funny having people not even recognize us. Who knew face paint and a hat could do that to you.