Spookies in the Desert

Phoenix was really fun. It was over 80 degrees during the day so we could go swimming.And roam around the hotel.But we did some special fun things. One night we went to "RAWHIDE". Rawhide is set up like an old western town. But this time of year (Haloween), they turn Rawhide into DOOM TOWN!! It took Noah a little time to warm up to the cowboys. This was right outside the gates.

But as soon as they opened the gates, the SPOOKIES were waiting. There was a gun battle, and the cowboys lost...and the spookies took over DOOM TOWN.

It turns out the spookies were pretty nice...at least to Noah. He would tell them "BOO" and they were more scared of him then he was of them. And when they came up and tried to scare him, he just said "Hi", and that seemed to tame them. They said "hi" back, and usually wanted a "high five".

And did you know that spookies were ticklish???But not all of them were so nice. This guy didn't have a head...and so he didn't talk.

And look at these two scary spookies! Just hangin out outside the general store.This guy was Mr Death. But he was super nice. And his horse Bruno was nice too. We got to pet him.

We did lots of other things too. We toasted marshmallows on an open fire.

We got thrown in jail for a little while. But at least David wasn't alone.

But then we did two really fun things. We rode the "body wagon" out into the dark desert. It was only Kathy, David, Noah...and a ghoul. As they drive you through the dark lots of other ghouls jump out from behind buildings and rocks and things and yell and scream and scare you. David was pretty scared. Noah just said "hi" everytime a spookie jumped out at us!

But the most fun (for Noah) was, of course, the Train. When we got there the train was broken. The men were trying to fix it, and at first Noah was very sad. But they told him they would get it working, and Noah spent a long time just watching them work (and giving some advice). And they got it working!! The train also took us out into the dark desert and other ghosts and witches and ghouls jump out and scream and shake and yell at the train. This was a little scarier. But good thing we had Noah with us. He tamed them all!

Happy Halloween! We have lots more pictures coming from Phoenix (the wildlife preserve and a really cool train ride into the desert), some great school pictures, and then Halloween.