Well the weather played a little havoc with his plans for Halloween night but he got a some of it up in the front yard and I heard several people talking about it being cool while taking the kids around the neighborhood the night before when we did our Trick or Treating. Then Saturday was the big party. My parents came down early to help with the house and Wes and his brother Jeremy spent all day transforming the house and yard into his version of a kid friendly haunted house/woods. We mowed a path through the brush in the rear of our yard and he moved all his props back there to make a haunted trail.
We didn't have the crowd we had planned due to a few people being sick but we still had a nice turn out. Several of my cousin's and some friends came from Jasper, Wes's brother Jeremy and his girlfriend and kids and his parents made it as well. We had a potluck supper with chili, chicken and dumplings, and vegetable soup then we let the kids bob for grapes since I didn't think they could get an apple in their mouth :) The ones that tired got soaked but had fun doing it. After it got dark Wes got the gator out and the kids and adults took turns going through the haunted trail. The kids had a blast and several of them went 3-4 times it was a big hit. The kids played and the adults visited and I think everyone had a great time. I know we did and we hope to make this an annual event. Wes is already thinking ahead to next year and how to make it better.
The house decorations
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