Sunday, November 7, 2010

Halloween

Some things about Halloween this year were still very traditional, but we also did some things a little different. There were still Halloween sugar cookies, and dressing Elle up in her hot dog costume, but we didn’t carve pumpkins for the first time since we’ve been married, and we didn’t hand out candy. Our friend’s little boy did a very good job of that. See, this year on Halloween we had more of a Thanksgiving feast. Thanks to our friends Beth and Brad we had a fabulous fall feast with some great friends. The best part was all I had to do was open up my house and enjoy the food.

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Our good friends the Farmers joined us.

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The kids were so lucky they got Mac and Cheese, yum.

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And we got all this beautiful food, braised beef short ribs,  butternut squash ravioli in a browned butter sage sauce,  spinach salad with a warm bacon dressing, and dark pumpernickel bread with apple cider!

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Thanks to these wonderful guys!

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It was so fun, like something you see out of a magazine.

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Here is our candyman. He did a great job keeping all the trick-or-treaters happy.

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Chef Beth did an excellent job and deserves a big round of  applause. (no we did not have any popsicle sticks, a minor detail that was over looked.)

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And Elsie reminded us all of what Halloween is all about, CHOCOLATE!

Earlier in the month Dave and I also went to an adult Halloween party. It was a blast.

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5 comments:

Staci said...

LOVE your "pregnant nun" costume!!! You two are too cute!

That dinner looks AMAZING, beautiful place settings & delicious food with great company...it doesn't get better than that!

{B}dreamy said...

Thanks so much for letting us dirty up your kitchen and back patio. It really was so fun. Let's do it again next year! *B

KaNdRa and JaReD said...

Ok so the pregnant nun wins the costume contest! I was a pregnant Dorthy from the Wizard of OZ and people thought that was pretty funny:) Looks like a fun time!

Kristi @ Lolly Jane said...

those costumes are ADORABLE :)

Garrett and Melissa Farmer said...

what a fun night!! thank you for having us!