Trick or Treating

We had a pretty fun Halloween this year. After the Zoo we headed back to my parent's house and painted pumpkins (sorry no pictures) and then later on that evening took Elliot to the trunk or treat at the church (sorry no pictures again). And as if Elliot did not have enough candy we went with the Christensens and let Elliot and Ella go trick or treating around Grammy's (Shana's Mom) neighborhood. The girls had so much fun. Ella had on a cute Peter Pan costume. Too bad everyone kept asking her if she was Robin Hood, but Ella just thought it was funny and would correct them.





This gorilla (Shana's brother-in-law) was sitting on Grammy's porch. It was pretty fun to watch trick or treaters avoid the house because of him. The girls were not too sure about sitting on his lap but we got them to do it anyway, at least long enough to take a picture.

Moapa Zoo

I read in the paper about this zoo in Moapa owned by a married couple that are both vets. It is really their collection of exotic animals and they open to the public once or twice a month to help cover the cost of food. They opened it for Halloween and invited the kids to wear their costumes. We were able to convince my parents, Aaron and Amy and Amy's Mom to come along too. We ended up all having a really good time.






What made this zoo so fun was the interaction with the animals. We got to hold a baby kangaroo and pet a monkey and a sloth.


Here is a little deer we were petting. Elliot is fearless with animals. The people that worked at the zoo were amazed at how gentle and calm she was with all of the animals. It was cute to see the chicken petting all of the animals. It was funny some of the animals tried to pet Elliot, they were very curious about her costume. Elliot also got pet by another kid, I guess they thought she was part of the exhibits.


Elliot and Papa.

Springs Preserve

We went with the Christensens to the Spring's Preserve for their halloween event. Elliot and Ella had fun wearing their costumes, collecting candy and playing carnival games.



Landon and Stewart being themselves...what else is there to say.



Elliot was approached by this little girl who was so excited to meet another chicken. It was really cute so we had to take a picture.

For dance class before Halloween the kids were asked to wear their costumes. We decided that Elliot's chicken costume would be too warm to dance in so she got to wear one of her princess dresses. She chose Snow White...it is her favorite right now since Grandma just bought her the DVD. All of the girls had on princess dresses (shocker!) and their teacher was a pirate.