halloween 2017.

halloween is a mother's marathon. am i right? but it totally ends up being worth it and watching your kids make memories is just the icing on top.

we started off nice and early at brooklyn's school halloween parade and sing-along. kendall and adalyn probably loved it more than brooklyn did.

(brooklyn's cute first grade class!)

then it was errands and picking up happy meals for $1.99. we even ran one up to brooklyn for lunch.

then it was home for naps for the girls, and prep time for me. i got the chili made, table set up, a few little decorations, everyone's costumes laid out, and then waited for brooklyn to come home. we put on some halloween songs and waited for our guests.

my mother in law and the jeremy ruesch clan joined us for chili and dry ice fun!

after dinner we rushed out the door to start trick-or-treating. we did a few houses in our ward and then headed up to clinton to the best neighborhood EVER to trick-or-treat with with the gasu family.

the kids loved going door to door, filling their buckets with candy, and getting to hang out together. the adults love chatting when we can and watching our little ones have "the best night of their life!"

adalyn melted hearts in her elephant costume. with her cute little wave after a treat was dropped in her bucket, and her wagging little tail as she ran away, james and i were told numerous times how darn cute she was. 

brooklyn and shane! friends since they were 18 months old!

kendall and ellie both tripped more than once but they always perked right back up and kept on trick-or-treating.

kendall got to see maleficent and it made her night!

once we got back to our stopping point, the kids sat down to scope out their buckets. they were so excited to eat their favorite things!

we said our goodbyes and headed home for bountiful, with a quick stop at nana and papa's, where nana made kendall's night again with her maleficent costume. kendall immediately wanted to put on her 'crow' costume so she could be maleficent's bird diablo. that girl!

another halloween down and so glad it was a good one! we're still eating candy and i'm finally over the crazy day that is halloween. and my girls are already looking forward to next year. oh to be a kid again!

we lit our jack-o-lanterns one more night so the girls could see them for more than two seconds. soon they'll be kicked off the porch and we'll enjoy the break from all the decor until christmas comes!