Spooky time!

Saturday, October 30th was our annual Halloween party. Didn't have as big of a crowd this year as usual, but we had a great time. The weather was literally frightful! Rainy and cold, Jason (aka:Napoleon Dynomite) could hardly keep the bon fire going, he kept having to dry the benches off by the heat of the fire. He was very deligent about it.

We had great food, Mark smoked some pork butt and we made pulled pork sandwiches -- awesome job as always. He sure likes his smoker!  I decided to forgo my traditional black spider bread bowl for the spinach dip this year and made a pumpkin instead -- atleast it was supposed to look like a pumpkin, umm it kinda did. The spinach dip tasted good at least. I had some guest coming who aren't beef/pork/chicken eaters so I made a couple of salmon fillets, some peel and eat shrimp and a few more goodies that I thought they might like. My sis Diana brought asparagus wrapped in phyllo dough and baked - OMG, they were delicious, as were Aunt Mary's cake pops! So much good stuff, everyone seemed to enjoy the food and decorations.

We drew numbers for door prizes, plus we had a first place costume winner for the guys and the gals -- that was a real hoot!  First place for the ladies went to friend Kelly, she was a "wet t-shirt" contest winner, she had the sash and all! Very funny. Her hubby Mat came as a "Happy Camper" with his "morning wood" camp tshirt and I'll let you guess what other "special features" his costume had -- toooo funny! I don't know where they found those costumes, but no wanted Mat to stand behind them! First place for the guys went to my Jason aka: Napoleon Dynomite! People get such a kick out of him doing his impersonation - it just cracks me up! and he's so into it! Niece Corina had Jason call her son Tony to talk to him like Napoleon, I think little Tony thinks its real, I'm not sure, but he gets such a kick out of it. Corina came as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz -- she even brought her little dog Ceasar to play Toto's part -- she was sooo cute and Ceasar did his part well.

We did a first this year our friends Greg and Lorri brought their kareoke machine. I sang one song with my daughter Kristin and that was one song to many for me -- there's not enough booze in this town to make me sound good. But is was fun and it was fun watching and listening to others, there were some talented people and some, well we'll just say not as talented to be polite. But it was a lot of fun, Greg even did a couple of Elvis tunes for me -- GREAT job Greg!

I had a lot of fun planning the party, making the invites, decorating the house and making all the food and goodies. I get such a kick out of seeing adults giggle and laugh at my holiday creations. Afterall who wouldn't want to eat a peanut butter rat or a coconut skull? Quite tasty if I say so myself.

I hope everyone had a good time and for those that missed it -- all I can say is you should of been here!

Happy Fall!