Halloween 2014

This was the year we recycled costumes.  With such a busy summer and Fall, we decided on EASY this year.  Enter Godzilla and Japanese school girl...

My costume was pretty simple since I already owned most of the clothes.  And talk about comfortable.  And the black wig.  What do you think?  My new look?

Mike originally created a dinosaur costume many years ago.  He morphed it into Godzilla by adding some scales to the back  (gloves stuffed and sewed on).  And he added teeth so in his words  "he looked more like a fierce Godzilla and less like a green Barney".

We held our annual Halloween Party the Saturday night before Halloween.  There is nothing better than getting together with your friends over food, drink, sitting outside on a cool evening around the camp fire, and of course s'mores!  And then there are the costumes...

Chris and Garth as rich and poor

Steve and Sara: Something wrong in the neighborhood...who you gonna call?

Chuck and Melanie in Steak and Shake ad

Bryan and Jane as "paradise"

John as not a scary clown

And after handing out candy to trick or treaters on a snowy Halloween night, we headed downtown with friends Kevin and Kathy.  In costume, of course...

Kevin and Kathy as Mr. and Mrs. Beetlejuice

Enjoying the evening at the Slippery Noodle Inn

This year's winner at the Slippery Noodle Inn...the Peanuts Gang.  Awesome costumes!

And so another Halloween has come and gone.  We kinda hate to say goodbye to our favorite holiday where the adults get to be kids again.  And we have such crazy, creative friends.  What's not to love?

Diane

Halloween party!

If you know anything about my husband through this blog, you understand he is a crazy, fun-loving guy.  And he loves to build and fix and tinker.  We have an entire basement and garage and attic full of stuff from which he can build things.

And he LOVES HALLOWEEN and building costumes.  So after 3 years of talking about this creating this particular costume, he finally did it.  It was one of his most complex and amazing costumes!   Drum roll please...

Iron Man!

The costume is primarily made of PVC pipe, Kydex plastic, drawer liner and cardboard.  And oh yes, there's a motorcycle helmet and battery powered light involved as well.  To say that this was a time-consuming project is an understatement.  Mike was up many nights until 1:30 a.m. over this past month finishing the costume.  And he loved every minute of it!

The helmet underway

Costume structure

Black Widow with Iron Man.  Amazing how petite you can look next to a super hero...

And though there was a lot of work getting things ready for the party, it was a blast!  We love having our friends over for food, laughter and conversation.  Here are a few scenes from the evening...

The before pictures....

Folks LOVE the margarita ball...

Parties always happen in the kitchen

Chuck and Melanie as duck dynasty and the swan princess. It's a long story...

Brian and Stacy

Elena and Atanas

Kathy

Kevin

Melanie, Cathy and Brian

And the laughter and stories continued until about 2 in the morning.   After a very long day, I turned in with a smile on my face...


Enjoy Halloween, and remember it's NOT just for kids!

Diane