It proved to be a bit challenging for us when our 14-hour drive turned into much longer than that because of the freeway being closed in Wyoming. We usually worry about that in winter, not when the forecast calls for sunny and mild temperatures.
But, close it did and wait we did until the traffic jam got re-routed off onto a side road. It was reported an animal truck had tipped over and was the cause of the 4-hour roadblock. Good thing we didn't leave our house 3 hours earlier. Our hour-long delay was plenty enough for us.
But the wait didn't deter us from our destination--trunk-or-treat with Jacob's family at their church. We quickly found the Thomas family's blue van where Clifford, the Big Red Dog (a/k/a Jacob), was holding a cute green frog (Logan) and giving out Halloween candy. The costumed children going from trunk to trunk earned candy from this trunk after they threw some beanbags into the mouth of the cardboard dog.
Soon we leprechauns were surrounded by other cute characters like a smaller Clifford (Luke) and his owner Emily Elizabeth (Laurie), the tooth fairy (Natalie) and Madeline (Emma). Laurie had worked hard on getting some great costumes made for their family.
They weren't the only ones who were in the dress-up spirit of Halloween. Abe and Klarissa were almost identical to the Barbie and Ken in Toy Story 3.
And what made it even better was when Emma saw them and announced that she has Barbie dolls that look just like Abe and Klarissa. Good job on your great costumes as well, Abe and Klarissa!
The pumpkin patch turned out to be a big hit with not only the kids, but the adults as well. Lots of fun and clever things to do and see.
AMEN to this advice!!!
The pig races were exceptionally entertaining.
Everyone loved playing and getting buried in the corn kernels.
I loved getting a hug from Emma while holding Logan.
Jacob was off duty for Sunday cooking because Abe and Klarissa were busy grilling up some steak and veggies.
Great idea, Abe, to spend Halloween in Omaha. Thanks to Jacob, Laurie and the kids for hosting the event.
It was super fun and we were glad we went.
3 comments:
Nice costumes everyone! Sounds like a good time was had by one and all.
I love experiencing the Omaha trip through blogs and avoiding the 14-turned-15-and-16-hour car rides. (Did I need all those hyphens? I have been debating this for a few minutes.)
Anyway, thanks for posting all those cute pictures!
Fabulous post! So glad we were able to spend time together over the weekend and finally visit the famous pumpkin patch! Thanks so much for making the effort to come out to NE!
Sarah - the drive would have been soo worth it!! 25-30 hours in car with Eli would have been a piece of cake :)
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