Halloween

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween this year. Our church puts on this HUGE (stress the huge) Halloween party. I mean there is around 5-6,000 people that come to this thing. We passed out 5,000 lbs. of candy!
There are sets and props everywhere. There were games, a few live bands, a comedian/magician and more.


Katie decided to go as Little Red Riding Hood. That made me the woodsman. I think I looked more like Joe Dirt or Katie's dad, Jay, during his cow farming days in Central Washington. Anyway, if you don't know the fairy tale, the woodsman is the guy that cuts grandma out of the wolf's belly.
This is Katie with Katie ann. Her husband is a riot. He was dressed up as an 80's cop. I couldn't put my finger on it but he looked straight out of a movie ive seen. Some guy finally said, "dude, that's the coolest costume ever!" Ryan was like, "Thanks, why?" The guy said, "aren't you supposed to be they guy from the Beastie Boys?" Yes! Hilarious! He looked just like him and wasn't even trying. I'll post a picture with a comparison when I get one.
Once it started I was a "greeter." I still think they thought I was a redneck security guard at a country music festival. Kate was too. We had fun welcoming everyone from the community.
I really enjoyed this type of ministry. There are no expectations of the community, just come and have a good time. No one expects to hear about the church or is approached awkwardly about "knowin' Jesus." I passed out little cards to everyone at the castle entrance about service times but that was it.
We were exhausted afterward so we went to Red Robin with a few others to show off our costumes.