Land Party

The day after Halloween, Courtney, Emily, Taylor and I (Kelsey) headed out to a piece of land that Courtney's family owns for a 7th grade girls Halloween party. We spent the whole morning and some of the afternoon working on making the place as scary and Halloween-ish as we possibly could. Then we all went back to our houses to put on our costumes before heading back out to the Land in time to finish up last-minute decorations and begin greeting our guests. After everyone (minus a few people who came late) was there, we started our first activity - a scavenger hunt. Taylor and I lead the Pink Team while Courtney and Emily lead the Blue Team. Our Pink Team ended up winning and won the prize of a bix box of glow sticks, bracelets, and necklaces. Then we had our costume contest. We split everyone up into 3 groups, plus an extra group for the Best Model Walk. We gave each category winner a Starbucks gift card. Then we ate and sat around the fire and talked. Once it was dark out, we went on the Haunted Trail. We had people jumping out from behind trees and mannequins of ghosts hanging from branches. Once everyone was back (no one was taken captive by the monsters!), we went on a hay ride around the land, which I think everyone enjoyed. Then we sat back down at the campfire and told scary stories until parents started arriving to pick everyone up. After that we cleaned up and headed home for some well-earned rest.