At Our House | Halloween

awwww these are so cute! love that even the adults get dressed up. everyone's costumes big and small were all great!! I think Anna/Simon costumes were perfect for them and their personality's. Love Simon's note on the door.

Just have to ask, do all your family members stay with you or do they stay at a hotel?

Thanks for sharing and making me smile.

This year, I fell in love with Halloween again. For too many years it was not fun passing out candy at my house. But this year, I went to my daughter's house and experienced Halloween thru my 4 year old grandson's eyes. And I'm back as a believer in the joy of Halloween!
Looks like you had lots of fun, for both kids and adults.

I love that the adults get dressed up too. We don't really do Halloween (here in Australia), but I imagine that sense of family/community and fun is what it's all about. This was our 4th Halloween in this house and of course the first year I don't decorate is the one that we get the first knock on the door. My son (3yrs) loved handing out the candy.

i love all the costumes...they are just so fun!!! however i am glad it's done!!

Awesome costumes...beautiful people, and WONDERFUL houses...those front doors and all have beautiful curb apeal. LOVE Halloween:)

Love the sign on the door. The costumes were great especially Simon's pirate outfit. Looks like you were blessed with pleasant weather. I need to try out the chili recipe....the perfect recipe for Fall.

love the picture of all the kids sitting on the porch i didn't have a chance to get a group pic this year but have several of the kids trick or treating it was cold and windy here and it was dark by the time we got home fed kids and grandkids and got out the door one little monster (lol) couldn't decide if he was going to be spiderman or a dragon his mama opted for the dragon costume as it was much warmer...the best costume we saw was a couple and their 2 small children she was the cowardly lion and he was the scarecrow...the 3 year old girl was dorothy (same costume as anna..so precious!) and the baby boy was toto!!

You guys look great! I love your costume and that little Dorothy is adorable!
We had a great time at my sister's place! Their neighborhood has several haunted houses and every sits outside handing out candy and hanging out! I love Halloween!

I loved Oscar the grouch. Kids were so cute. I have no kids yet so it is nice to see the fun and joy of others, thanks.

Oscar the grouch is the BEST! HA HA!

I love that your family had the opportunity to all get together for this fun celebration. That family deemed the time together more important than the time in school. That family was more into making memories then just floating through life without the experiences.

Your family is inspiring. At a younger age, I'd be envious. Now, I can just take your post as motivation to do the same when my son has family TO do things like this with.

Thank you, Ali...for sharing and inspiring.

Love that the adults dress up! Can't wait to move up there and go trick or treating with you! ;)

When my son was still trick-or-treating (he's now almost 33) we had to deal with the threat of tainted candy here in the Chicago suburbs. Halloween was almost called off! So instead of buying candy that year, I bought several packages of all kinds and sizes of colored markers and pencils. I dumped them into two baskets and let each tirck-or-treater choose two items. And holy crow! You'd think I was giving away gold bricks! It was a HUGE hit with the kids - and their parents - and I continued it every year, buying up markers and pencils whenever I found them on sale and stashing them until October.

looks like fun was had by all~so neat that all the grown ups dressed too :) what great memories!!

This totally warms my heart, friend. :)

What a wonderful family and the costumes too! I love the sneak peaks of your side yard too! Lovely.

Great pics Ali! So awesome to have all of your family there to celebrate. :) Such.a.blessing.

So much fun! And I too love that everyone huddles up under one roof. Things are so much better that way :)

Great Halloween. My husband of 46 years passed out candy for the first time ever! I had eye surgery that morning so answered the door with a "patch" explaining to shocked kids that I had surgery. One girl turned to go and said "that lady looks like she is hurting" and I was! A Level 10 on the pain scale that evening....I was particularly pleased to hear so many kids say "thank you". One 3 year old had to reach through the open door to gently pet my 16 year old Jack Russel terrier. So kind....loved it....

What great costumes and I miss my daughter being little the years go by so fast. What wonderful memories you all will have!