Trunk or Treat 2013

Our church family hosted "Trunk or Treat" for our community last night.  It was a HUGE success, with hundreds of people (600 hot dogs eaten!) and lots of fun for everyone.  Our Expedition was a football theme, with a bean bag toss game.

My husband had a basketball theme in his pickup bed.  A lot of people enjoyed shooting hoops!

This was such a pretty trunk - with handmade owls on a tree branch!

Joe's brother, our preacher, and our niece, dressed as Fix-It Felix and Wreck It Ralph. Their trunk was decorated like the movie scene.  So cute!

 This was adorable!  A stroller made into a backhoe!  This little one loved his ride!!

Our great-niece looked so pretty in her in her "Sofia the First" costume. She's posing here with her mom.

Joe is posing here with one of our houseparents.  He raided his wife's closet for this funny costume!! :)

 We blocked of the street in front of the building, rented inflatables, and had a full street of many activities.

 I caught this sweet little scarecrow posing and looking at his grandma!  So cute!

 I love how costumes are made for little ones, plus riding in a wagon makes it even better!

 Christmas lights were strung along the sidewalks adding to the carnival-type atmosphere.

We even had cotton candy, with the help of a few volunteers who did a great job.

 There were people everywhere!

 Hot dogs.....a boat full of iced-down water (super idea!).....

 A close up of the cotton candy crew!

 Another inflatable....

Beautiful decorations at the building....

A GREAT night that was a GREAT success because of our wonderful church family.  Thank you, God, for these blessings.  Because of them, we were able to make last night a fun, safe event for the whole community.

Trunk or Treat 2012

Yesterday our congregation changed regular Bible classes to an earlier gathering that had a devotional time of lots of singing, praying, scripture reading, and a lesson from 1 John.  After that praise time, we had a cookout, followed by Trunk or Treat.  We invited the whole town, and I think half of the town (at least!) showed up!  What a GREAT evening!

Our family did a sports theme using our Expedition.  The back of it featured a football theme and son, Jacob, did a football throw.

In the back of my husband's pickup, which was parked right next to the expedition, he had a double basketball goal to let the kids shoot balls.  He was dressed as a referee.

Behind the vehicles, our older children had a putting green...

....and a string with an inflatable baseball for batting practice.  The kids had lots of fun playing the games!

One of our family members had a cute Mike Witkowski (from Monsters' Inc) theme.  Music was playing in the background.

 My mother in law had a pumpkin bean bag toss that was fun for the kids.

 Next to Mike was this Monsters, Inc. themed trunk.

 I loved seeing this trunk!!  Two friends went together and one of them sat in the trunk and passed out treats!!  She seemed perfectly comfy, but I don't think I could have stayed there that long!

This was a pretty fall theme!

So many people opened up their trunks and their hearts to the community!  We had at least 20 vehicles!

More fall themes....

This trunk had decorated sacks for the kids.  Cute picture of this couple!

More sweet friends passing out treats!

I love seeing young people get involved and helping!

Smiling faces were abundant!

Bolo golf is always fun!

It was a great evening!  Thanks to everyone who participated and attended! We pray you were blessed by being there!