Our Halloween Tradition

For a whole year the kids talk about this Mystery Halloween Dinner. Saying that they love it is an understatement. They might like it more than Christmas. Well, maybe not but it is very close. They count down the days. They love the surprise. They love the names for all the food.

On the menu this year:
Mummy Heads (Chicken Pot Pie inspired from this )
Crunchy Skeleton (veggie platter - Egan's creation)
Pumpkin Brains (apricot jello with green grapes mixed in - Egan)
Candy Corn (tortilla pizza created by Jane)
Bug Juice (green gatorade, 7Up, gummy worms and dry ice)
Forked Eyeballs (pumpkin spice cake balls)

This year - an added surprise were the Surprise Balls. Another family tradition but typically at Christmas but kids love them anytime.

My sister posted this dinner as well as other amazing parties on her blog - Attend. Check it out. I love her blog and all her ideas.

And big thanks to Egan and Jane who really made this dinner a success but did not get pictured. :(

Cross Country - A New Adventure

Teague joined the Jr. High Cross Country team this year. He loves it. He runs miles after school every day with his team and then does crazy circuit and ab workouts. He has worked so hard and made some great improvements.

Out of all the boys in grades 6-9, he made the Varsity team (7 best runners).

Yesterday they competed at the State Championship run in Herriman. And it was a hard, hilly course. His team took 1st. He was a little disappointed with his run but he really did great and he has 3 years to make some great improvements.

He loves this so much that he even used his own money to pay for spikes.