Halloween High

The sugary filled fun has officially begun. The kids were out of school on Monday. I tried to come up with some "projects" for our time together. I decided to make my famous roll-out iced cookies. These cookies take two days to prepare (mainly because the dough has to be good and cold). I whipped up the dough on Sunday. Monday morning, I was Betty Crocker--flour everywhere, cookie cutters, rolling pin, and COLD dough. The kids were more excited about ICING the cookies than eating them. I mean, REALLY, why do we even need the cookie =).

Later that afternoon, we decided to carve our pumpkins. I bought one of those booklets that came with a seed scooper, mini saw, spooky eyes, patterns and a crayon. Our pumpkins were a bit to small for the faces to look good, but we sure had fun carving them!

Wednesday night our church hosted its 1st Trunk or Treat. Church families are just the best, aren't they! I especially love Community--sure, you're thinking, well, you should, your husband is the minister there. And, that's true. BUT, the main thing I love about our body is the things we do for the people in that area of town. Our church is located in the heart of some of the poorest areas in Bowling Green and with that comes some REAL unfortunate children. I love that we have things for the kids like our block party, movie nights, and now a trunk or treat. We also try to financially help a lot of people in that area with their bills, providing them with Thanksgiving meals and Christmas goodies. I know lots of churches do those sorts of things, but we tend to draw a lot of that type of crowd mainly because of our location. It was nice seeing all those children come and participate last night--who knows, it may be the safest place for them to trick or treat.

All of our church trick or treaters, and Ms. Windy our wonderful leader!!!

The ol' Deaton Spooky Tattoo Shop.

And, a picture of our sweet family!!! Happy Halloween!!!